IT COMPANIES IN SEARCH OF MORE EXPERTS IN 2015
[11-02-2015] Demand for human resources in the IT industry in HCM City is expected to increase by 15-20 per cent this year, delegates said at a seminar on "Software Testing in The Agile World" held recently in HCM City. HCM City has the highest number of IT firms in the country, according to Vu Anh Tuan, general secretary of the HCM City Computer Association.
PROPERTY RULE HURTS FIRMS, BUYERS
[09-02-2015] The new regulation making it mandatory for property developers to make deposits is hurting both enterprises and home-buyers, as it is expected to be eventually absorbed into the selling price. Le Hoang Chau, chairman of the HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA), made the remark at a conference to review the real-estate market, which was held in HCM City on Thursday.
INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS HUNT HIGH AND LOW FOR LAND IN HCM CITY
[04-02-2015] Foreign investment funds and real estate developers have been looking for cleared land to purchase as the property market is expected to heat up in 2015. A Luxembourg-based investment fund, for example, has been looking for land plots in districts 8, 9, Thu Duc, Binh Tan, Tan Phu and Nha Be.
PWC: NEW CIRCULAR PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON VIETNAMESE CORPORATE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
[06-02-2015]The Ministry of Finance (the “MoF”) issued Circular No. 200/2014/TT-BTC providing guidance on the Vietnamese Corporate Accounting System (“Circular 200”) on 22 December 2014, that replaces Decision No. 15/2006/QD-BTC (“Decision 15”) and Circular No. 244/2009/TT-BTC (“Circular 244”).
FOREIGN-INVESTED INDUSTRIAL ZONES THRIVING IN VIETNAM
[03-02-2015] The major difference between Vietnamese-owned and foreign-invested industrial zones (IZs) is that the former aim to lease land to businesses, while the latter, which have had great success, want to provide industrial infrastructure, as required by investors.
REAL ESTATE MARKET POSITIVELY AFFECTING INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
[29-01-2015] According to a report by Savills Vietnam on the real estate market of Hanoi, in the the fourth quarter of 2014, the real estate market of Vietnam showed a strong recovery. The risks to projects are now lower, widening the opportunity for investors to participate in the market in 2015.
ECONOMIC ZONE GETS FUNDING BOOST
[29-01-2015] Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued special policies for the Van Don Economic Zone in Quang Ninh to invite more investment to the zone as well as the province. PM Dung has added the economic zone (EZ) to the list of coastal EZs to allocate investment for development from the state budget in the 2013-15 period.
SURVEY ON ENERGY PRICING, ENERGY SUPPLY AND IMPACTS ON FDI IN VIETNAM
[03-02-2015] The Vietnam Business Forum’s (VBF), along with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) is working with foreign investors in Vietnam, as per a Ministry of Planning and Investment request, to determine the effects of Vietnam’s energy pricing and supply policy on foreign investors and the country as a destination for foreign investment.
