PM Dung holds talks with Lao Party General Secretary

PM Dung holds talks with Lao Party General Secretary

Viet Nam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung held talks with Lao Party General Secretary and President Choummaly Sayasone on the sidelines of the ongoing regional cooperation summits in Laos yesterday.
SCG to spend $240 mln on acquiring Prime Group

SCG to spend $240 mln on acquiring Prime Group

Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) will spend some $7.2 billion baht ($240 million) to buy in 85 percent stake of Prime Group, a Vietnamese tile manufacturer.
Legal gears ready to kick in

Legal gears ready to kick in

Vietnam’s industrial zones (IZs), export processing zones (EPZs) and economic zones (EZs) have blossomed over the past 20 years thanks to the development of a raft of policies and mechanisms conducive to investment attraction, writes Vu Dai Thang, Director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Department of Economic Zones Management  
Experts urge change to fuel price rule

Experts urge change to fuel price rule

Insiders of the fuel sector are calling for a change in Decree No 84 which they say are preventing domestic petrol wholesalers from earning profits.
National Assembly ratifies new cabinet members

National Assembly ratifies new cabinet members

The on-going 13 th National Assembly on August 3 ratified Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s nomination of deputy prime ministers, ministers and other members of his new cabinet in the 2011-2016 term.
Firms afraid of red tape handicaps

Firms afraid of red tape handicaps

The latest draft decree compiled by the Ministry of Planning and Investment to amend Decree 108, which guides the 2005 Law on Investment, has proposed more weighty procedural requirements for large projects.