Rice exports from Vietnam, the world’s second-largest shipper after Thailand, may total 400,000 metric tons this month, 25 percent less than a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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Vietnam rice exports may be 400,000 tons this month

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the Ministry of Construction to focus on the development of low-cost housing projects as many workers are struggling to find a home.

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Target affordable housing for urban needy: PM Dung

Pledged foreign direct investment into Vietnam fell 26 percent this year through December 15, the Foreign Investment Agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment said in a e-mailed statement on December 30.

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Vietnam’s pledged foreign direct investment falls 26 percent

Recent declines in property prices are actually a positive sign as it means many people will have better opportunities to afford the home they want, the Ministry of Construction says in a new report.

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Petro Mekong, a subsidiary of state-owned PV Oil, is seeking approval from the Ministry of Industry and Trade to stop importing oil products and become a distributor for its parent company.

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Vietnam’s Petro Mekong seeks to quit oil import business

The Ministry of Finance said prices of electricity, coal, fuel products and public services, which are heavily subsidized by the government, will be determined by the market no later than 2013.

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Vietnam to allow free market pricing of power, fuel: finance ministry

Electricity of Vietnam has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.25, much higher than the average 1.98 for the country’s state-owned enterprises, news web site VnExpress reported Saturday, citing the Ministry of Investment and Planning.

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Vietnam’s power utility has unsafe debt-equity ratio: report

The HSBC bank Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance, offering assisstance in credit rating assessment and helping state-owned companies access international capital markets.

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The State Bank of Vietnam will sign a joint-circular with the Ministry of Public Security to improve anti-crime efforts in banking and lending activities, according to a banking conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday.

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South Korea will recruit Vietnamese guest workers back after a four-month hiatus, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs said on November 3.

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