• Int’l exhibitions provide businesses with good opportunities
  Int’l exhibitions provide businesses with good opportunities
  

  

  Vietnamese businesses now have a fine opportunity to introduce their brand names to the world by participating two international exhibitions which opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre on March 18.
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• ADB highly praises Vietnam’s economic potential and prospects
  ADB highly praises Vietnam’s economic potential and prospects
  

  

  “Vietnam Today” is the theme of a talk on Vietnam’s economic development held by the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW) and Asian Development Bank in Berlin on March 17.
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• French Week to be launched in Hanoi in November
  French Week to be launched in Hanoi in November
  

  The Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP) has announced that it will host a French Week in Hanoi from November 21-28.
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• 15 billion Yen for small and medium sized enterprises
  15 billion Yen for small and medium sized enterprises
  

  

  Small and medium sized enterprises will be provided 19 billion Yen in credit under a programme to help them access medium and long term loans from financial institutes.
  18/03
• Vietinbank seeks joint venture bank with Qatar
  Vietinbank seeks joint venture bank with Qatar
  

  

  The Vietnam Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) plans to establish a joint venture bank and open a branch in Qatar.
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• Vietnam attracts US$19.7 billion in FDI in 11 months
  Vietnam attracts US$19.7 billion in FDI in 11 months
  

  Vietnam has lured US$19.7 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).
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• Hanoi to host 2009 Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo
  Hanoi to host 2009 Vietnam Medi-Pharm Expo
  

  A total of 250 domestic and overseas pharmaceuticals and medical equipment companies will showcase their products at the 2009 Vietnam Medi- Pharm Expo in Hanoi from Dec. 2-5.
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• EU vote bodes well for Vietnamese shoes
  EU vote bodes well for Vietnamese shoes
  

  The European Union (EU)’s anti-dumping advisory committee did not agree on a proposal to extend anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese leather-capped shoes, with 15 countries voting against it.
  26/11
• Boeing issues aviation forecast
  Boeing issues aviation forecast
  

  

  Boeing released its forecast on the economic growth and aviation market in the world over the next 20 years at a press conference in Hanoi on November 25.
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• Cement plant under construction in Nghe An
  Cement plant under construction in Nghe An
  

  Construction of a cement plant started in Hoi Son commune, Anh Son district, in the central province of Nghe An, on Nov. 25.
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