INTELLASIA FINANCE & BUSINESS NEWS - AUGUST 15, 2017

FINANCE

Reference exchange rate up 3 VND
Lending interest rates dropped in July
Vietnam's PM says pace of credit growth should be speeded up
Bad debt measures to go into effect
Reasons for the stability of USD/VND exchange rate
Market 1 sees over 1b USD difference between lending and mobilisation
Interest rate's decline supported from various factors
Is share price of about-to-list banks virtual?
Bac Giang posts high growth in loans
Maritime Bank to support $104m project
LienVietPostBank 'locks' foreign room to 5pct
Vietnam's VPBank to list on August 17, seeks $2.3 billion market value
Spurred on by AEC, Asean capital flirts with Vietnam
PM urges ministries, localities to strive for GDP target
Stable H2 economy forecast
Will an additional 700tr dong be poured to the economy in 5 remaining months?
VN's exports of gems and precious metals drops
Agriculture sector does well as China buys more fruits and veggies
Chinese businesses trying to overtake pepper market: VN Pepper Association
Cultivation growth predicted to reach 2.05pct in 2017
Australia yet to slap punitive duty on Vietnam's wind towers
Vietnam tops Asean in animal feed production
Vietnam: 30 years of FDI and counting
26 enterprises' equitisation plans approved in seven months
SOE reform: an incoming windfall?
MoIT to reduce two-thirds of admin procedures
Vietnam conducts trials on advanced traffic management
Leveraging strategic HR management in the era of digitisation
Investors optimistic about M&A deals in coming years
Industrial park occupancy rate reaches 73pct
Upbeat signs in fast-moving consumer goods sector
Competition heats up in the Vietnam soft drink market
Nutritional packaged F&B taking off
Foreign investors vigorously implementing food projects
House purchases remain out of foreigners' reach
Concerns raised over 'condotel' development on Vietnam's central coast
Condotels' legality to be clarified amid rising demand
Small household businesses reject becoming firms
Vietnam faces severe shortage of IT manpower
Korea sees Vietnam as major source market
Major hindrances to hi-tech agriculture development in HCM City
Da Nang lists 68 PPP projects for investment
Dong Thap wants no white-leg shrimp farming in freshwater areas

BIZ NEWS

Business Briefs August 15, 2017
Stocks stay down on low investor confidence
Market rebounds on large-caps
UPCoM-Index alone in falling
HNX sees four new stock codes in Jul
Brokerages: VN Index to seesaw around 770 points
Domestic petroleum business to sell 45.55 per cent
Why Petrolimex is keen on being BSR's strategic partner
Experts urge user privacy protection in smart-city development
Real estate assn proposes issuing land-use certificates to foreigners
Finance Ministry wants to tax second homes to restrict speculation
PM okays hiring of foreign consultants for Tan Son Nhat airport expansion
MoT to inspect ACV capital efficiency
HCM City firm in pork traceability
Cam Ranh international terminal to start operations next July
International container train starts trial run
SCIC manages State capital of nearly 20 trillion VND at 141 firms
Ha Tinh withdraws licence of mineral exploitation project
Quang Binh agrees to record-breaking zip line
Massive theme park under distraint in southern Vietnam
Karaoke shops with high-end equipment rake in profits
Mekong Capital fund invests in education concern
Hoa Phat Group posts robust growth in steel production
Vietnam Airlines to promote flights to Hue
Conference discusses developing Lam Dong high-tech farming

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