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

Global ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins has signed a master franchise agreement with Blue Star Food Corporation, a Vietnamese food manufacturing company, to develop the brand in the Southeast Asian country.

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Baskin-Robbins reenters Vietnam with three shops in HCMC

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

Russia agreed to lend Vietnam as much as $9 billion to fund the construction of the Southeast Asian nation’s first nuclear power plant as the countries deepen their economic ties.

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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

Russia’s No.2 crude oil producer LUKOIL said it would partner with Vietnam’s Petrovietnam in exploring oil and gas at home and abroad, the fourth Russian firm to invest in the Southeast Asian nation’s oil and gas industry.

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Russia’s No.2 crude oil producer LUKOIL said it is considering bidding for exploration in more oil and gas blocks offshore Vietnam after acquiring the first block in the Southeast Asian country’s northern area.

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Russia’s LUKOIL eyes bid in Vietnam oil/gas blocks

Vietnamese digital consumers spend 16 hours online every week as rapid technological developments revolutionize digital media usage across Southeast Asia, Nielsen says in a new report.

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Vietnamese are online 16 hours a week: Nielsen

Vietnam’s property market has “slowed down” as higher interest rates made it difficult for potential buyers to finance purchases, said CapitaLand Ltd., Southeast Asia’s biggest property developer.

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Vietnam property market hurt by lending rates, Capitaland says

India and Vietnam are trying to clear Tata Steel Ltd.’s proposed $5 billion factory in the Southeast Asian nation, delayed for more than four years by regulatory hurdles.

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