Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) will pick up a 25 percent stake in the $4-billion Long Son petrochemical project in Vietnam, a senior executive of the southeast Asian country’s state oil and gas group Petrovietnam said on Monday.

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QPI to invest in Vietnam’s Long Son petchem plant

Vietnam has completed drafting all the documents required to claim back the right to its Buon Me Thuot coffee trademark which was granted to a Chinese company, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Monday.

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Vietnam’s five-year bonds on Monday fell on speculation an increase in money-market rates prompted banks to sell the securities to raise cash. The dong was steady

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Vietnam bonds decline on speculation banks selling to raise cash

Vietnam targets generating US$10 billion to $11 billion in tourism revenue and attracting 7 million to 7.5 million overseas visitors in 2015, according to a statement posted on the government’s website Monday.

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$11 billion in tourism revenues targeted in 2015

The CMA CGM Laperouse moored in Cai Mep Port on Monday has become the largest container ship to call on a Vietnamese port.

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Vietnam receives its largest container ship

Vietnam’s current-account deficit, low reserve coverage of short-term external debt and imports and high inflation make it more vulnerable to a global recession than four of its Southeast Asian neighbors, according to an HSBC Holdings Plc report e-mailed Monday.

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Vietnam more vulnerable to world slump than neighbors, HSBC says

Vietnam’s bonds gained Monday on speculation the largest banks are putting cash into debt rather than making loans.

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Vietnam’s bonds rise as banks increase purchases; dong falls

VietinBank, Vietnam’s top partly private lender by assets, has secured central bank permission to raise its registered capital by a fifth to VND20.23 trillion (US$963 million) via a share issue, the central bank said on Monday.

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VietinBank to issue new shares for boosting capital

TNK Vietnam, a subsidiary of Russia’s No.3 oil producer TNK-BP, will bid for blocks in state oil and gas group Petrovietnam’s licensing round offshore the Southeast Asian country after acquiring BP Plc’s assets, it said on Monday.

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TNK-BP seeks to bid for more Vietnam oil/gas blocks

Two groups of British and Dutch businesses are visiting Vietnam this week to research local market and investment opportunities, Saigon Tiep Thi reported on Monday.

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British, Dutch businesses eye Vietnamese market