A bilateral free trade agreement between Vietnam and South Korea expected next year should save Vietnam from paying more Korean taxes, a Korean official said Tuesday.

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South Korea plans to develop free trade with Vietnam

The 14 percent cap on bank deposit rates is only a temporary measure to ensure safety for the financial system and can be lifted when the market becomes stable, a central bank official said.

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Vietnam may remove deposit rate ceiling: official

Vietnam has enough airports to accommodate private aircraft, and the country will expand its major airports if necessary, a senior aviation official said.

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Vietnam has enough space for private aircraft: official

State oil and gas group Petrovietnam has made a bid to buy $1.5 billion in Vietnamese oil assets in the East Sea from ConocoPhillips, a senior Petrovietnam official said Monday.

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Petrovietnam bids for ConocoPhillips’ Vietnam assets

The government has not made a decision on when to raise power prices as the timing of such a hike needs to be carefully weighed against the goal of controlling inflation, an official said.

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Official says no plan for power price hike just yet

The government has found that the root causes of inflation actually lie in its monetary policy, an official said.

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Monetary policy main cause of inflation: gov’t

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics plans to increase its production of mobile handsets in Vietnam to 100 million units by the end of 2012, an official said.

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Samsung plans to increase mobile phone production in Vietnam

The amount of bad debt in the real estate sector increased by 37 percent from the end of last year until June due to an ongoing slump in the market, an official said.

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Vietnam estimates it will spend VND929.7 trillion (US$45 billion) to boost its electricity generation capacity by 2020 to meet domestic demand, an official said.

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Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications is drafting regulations that will ban the resale of registered sim cards, an official said.

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Vietnam tightens grip on mobile phone users