INTELLASIA FINANCE & BUSINESS NEWS - MARCH 19, 2018

FINANCE

Reference exchange rate up 10 VND at week's beginning
State Treasury mobilises nearly $1.5bn from G-bonds
Banks offer preferential credit packages to businesses
Tighter bank credit to ensure bubble-free market
Real estate lending risks
Bad debts and risk provisions remain on top of banks' agenda
Large number of foreign institutions invests in Vietnamese banks
Not only increasing salary, banks also race to issue ESOP shares to retain talents
Vietcombank may not fully withdraw capital at Eximbank and MB
CPTPP to widen Vietnam's inroads to partner markets
Catfish sector plans $2b export target in 2018
Vietnam targets 4.5 billion USD from farm produce exports by 2020
Prospects for Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery exports
Can Tho aims to lift fruit exports
Japanese firms face obstacles to food export to Vietnam
Auto import surges suddenly early March
Car import tariffs from Japan to Vietnam to be eliminated from 2029
Safeguard tariffs on fertiliser imports hit farmers
HCM City desires continued support from IMF
CIC: high deposit requirement makes investors afraid of buying SOE shares
Compulsory social insurance for foreign workers leads to double taxation
Q1 workforce up by 150,000
Where will Vietnamese brands go?
Co-living to be new residential trend in Vietnam?
Condotel business sees high growth on back of tourism
Smart house of the future
Diversifying investment capital in the real estate sector
Retail model under conversion in Vietnam
Changing customer habits bring online retail to fore
Online retail market may fall into Chinese hands: experts
Ample opportunities in Vietnamese horticulture industry
Railway sector seeks more private investment
Vietnamese firms urged to work to win WB, ADB bids
Vinh Long to get 14 industrial hubs
Binh Phuoc inaugurates five Korean projects
Kon Tum seeks investment
Sapa status upgrade creates opportunities for property investors
When will Halong become a smart city?
Singapore firms eye VN food industry
Hanoi names priority sectors to attract Singaporean investors
Vietnamese businesses unite in Russian market
Vietnam and Australia become new strategic partners
VN, Netherlands to boost agricultural cooperation
Ireland to assist Hanoi to develop hi-tech agriculture
Argentina talk focuses on business opportunities with Vietnam

BIZ NEWS

Business Briefs 19 March, 2018
Shares set to keep rising after hitting peak
Shares rally despite ETF transactions
BID sends VN Index up
Businesses on HNX earn 19.319tr dong profit in 2017
Tough odds for VN market upgrade
SCIC seeks approval for Vinamilk's ESOP plan
Labour suppliers told to keep trainees from radiation-tainted areas in Japan
31pct of businesses find it difficult to recruit IT staff
Sao Khue Awards nominations released
Ben Tre pomelo, coconut GI certified
Lao Cai to develop 3.5ha hi-tech farms of lilies, roses
Analogue broadcasts to end on December 31
Retail chains seek more workers as Amazon prepares to arrive
Dispute over port design leads to boats sinking at Ha Long
Technical problems leave over 100 air passengers stranded on famous Vietnamese tourist islands
VNPT launches OTT app for corporate users
Bosch expands CVT pushbelt manufacturing in Vietnam
Quang Trung Software City pilots smart traffic management
F.D.C listed in top 10 building contractors
Viettel grabs 10 per cent market share in Tanzania
IHG acquires Regent Hotels and Resorts
PVEP sells 5pct interest in Block 15-1/05 to Murphy
VietJet inks deal to open direct flights between HCM City, Brisbane
RoK Group wants to become PV Power's strategic investor
Honor aims to break into Vietnam's top 3 smartphone brands
Cuu Long Pharmaceutical swimming upstream
Taxi associations request temporary policy to hamper Uber and Grab
Grab and Uber as taxi firms: a step back in the Industry 4.0 era?
Company in $392mn investment scandal in Vietnam had profile doctored: state inspector
Two new Vietnamese billionaires on Forbes list
Business Forum a highlight of GMS-6
Nha Trang to host Vietnam Renewable Energy Summit 2018
Vietnam Footwear Summit to discuss new growth models

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