Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from October 2005

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire archives from October 2005

INDIA'S MOST ADMIRED BANKS: BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005 (ICICI Bank ranked the most admired bank in India in the 5th Business Barons-TNS India poll 2005).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked ICICI Bank as the most admired bank in India in the private sector. Citibank tops the list among foreign banks and State Bank of India,...

INDIA'S 10 MOST ADMIRED PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS: BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005 (SBI is the most admired bank in the public sector).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked State Bank of India (SBI) as the most admired bank in India in the public sector. Management quality, financial performance, growth...

INDIA'S 5 MOST ADMIRED PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS: BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005 (ICICI Bank is the most admired bank in the private sector).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked ICICI Bank as the most admired bank in India in the private sector. Management quality, financial performance, growth prospects,...

INDIA'S 5 MOST ADMIRED FOREIGN BANKS: BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005 (Citibank is the most admired bank in the private sector).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked Citibank as the most admired foreign bank in India. Management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: OVERALL INDEX RANKING (ICICI Bank is the most admired bank in India with a score of 83).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked ICICI Bank as the most admired bank in India with a score of 83. Management quality, financial performance, growth prospects,...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: MANAGEMENT QUALITY RANKING -TOP RANK (24% of the respondents awarded the top ranking to HDFC Bank for management quality).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: MANAGEMENT QUALITY RANKING -TOP 3 RANKS (53% of the respondents ranked ICICI Bank among the top 3 banks for management quality).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE RANKING-TOP RANK (22% of the respondents awarded the top ranking to ICICI Bank for financial performance).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE RANKING-TOP 3 RANKS (57% of the respondents ranked ICICI Bank among the top 3 banks for financial performance).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: TECHNOLOGY ORIENTATION RANKING-TOP RANK (26% of the respondents awarded the top ranking to ICICI Bank for technological orientation).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: TECHNOLOGY ORIENTATION RANKING-TOP 3 RANKS (58% of the respondents ranked ICICI Bank among the top 3 banks for technological orientation).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: GROWTH PROSPECTS-TOP RANK (21% of the respondents awarded the top ranking to ICICI Bank for growth prospects).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: GROWTH PROSPECTS-TOP 3RANKS (55% of the respondents ranked ICICI Bank among the top 3 banks for growth prospects).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: ETHICS-TOP RANK (20% of the respondents awarded the top ranking to State Bank of India for ethics).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BUSINESS BARONS-TNS INDIA POLL 2005: ETHICS-TOP 3 RANKS (45% of the respondents ranked ICICI Bank among the top 3 banks for ethics).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The 5th Annual Business Barons-TNS India opinion poll 2005 has ranked banks based on management quality, financial performance, growth prospects, technological orientation and company ethics. A total of 100...

BARNIE'S MASTER FRANCHISE PACT IN INDIA (it will set up outlets in 20 locations in India by 2008).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Orlando-based Barnie's Coffee and Tea Company (BC and TC) will set up its first store in India in line with its global expansion plan. It will set up outlets in 20 locations in India by 2008 with the first...

COFFEE DAY XPRESS TARGETS RETIRED FOR FRANCHISEES (it aims to have 90 percent of its kiosks as franchisees by 2008).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Coffee Day Xpress is a leading food and beverage retail chain. It is targeting people, who have availed of the voluntary retirement scheme facility, retired personnel, housewives and small traders for the...

MOBICARE INVITES SALES, SERVICE CENTRES (it has 21 franchisees across India).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) MobiCare is a chip level service centre for movable electronics such as mobiles, laptops, handycams, digicams and computer motherboards. It has 21 franchisees across India and it proposes to have...

PIONEERING A NEW CONCEPT (Club City is the first Indian multi-specialty food court and food management company).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Club City is the first Indian multi-specialty food court and food management company. It owns leading national brands such as Dosa Plaza, Tikka Express, Shanghai Post, Energy and Masala Country. Brands can...

THE UNDISPUTED LEADER IN PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION (Kidzee has over 300 centres in 125 cities).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Kidzee is an enterprise of Zee Interactive Learning Systems Limited (ZILS), which is an ISO-9001 certified education- providing company. It has over 300 centres in 125 cities and aims to have over 500 centres...

RAMESHWAR'S: TAKING FORWARD HALDIRAM'S LEGACY (it has diversified into nursing homes, hotels, resorts and bars).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Rameshwar's is a breakaway entity of Haldiram's and has a presence in the sweets and snacks segment. It has diversified into nursing homes, hotels, resorts and bars and has seven outlets in the national...

KHARAGPUR TO GET A MALL (the mall will have a built-up area of 2.68 acres).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) South Eastern Railway (SER) will license land to a private sector land developer to set up a commercial complex called `PUJA, the mega mart' at its Kharagpur division. The mall will have a built-up area of...

GOLD SOUK MART IN JAIPUR (to be developed by Aerens Gold Souk).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Aerens Gold Souk International (AGSI) is developing a jewellery mart in Jaipur called Gold Souk. The Jaipur Development Authority has given AGSI 10,000 square metres (sq mt) of land near Jawahar Circle at...

SEBI ASKS STOCK EXCHANGE FOR A LIST OF SUSPECT MARKET PLAYERS (exchanges asked to list brokers in B1, B2 and Z categories and those who have traded 50 scrips).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the stock exchanges to prepare a suspect list of market players in order to check manipulation. The bourses have been asked to make a list of...

RBI TO GET MORE POWERS IN G-SECS (Government wishes to bring reforms in debt market and avoid overlapping when G-secs are traded on NSE).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) The Government of India may bestow powers to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to regulate and manage Government securities (G- Sec) and derivatives that will be launched in future. This is in a bid to bring about...

RBI MODIFIES ECB NORMS (will consider amounts that are in excess of $200 million involved in the prepayment of ECBs).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced changes in the norms for external commercial borrowings (ECBs). According to the new norms, RBI will permit ECBs having a minimum average maturity of five years...

WORLDSPACE: NOT ONLY MUSIC (can transmit information during natural calamities, provide vital traffic information and weather-related news).
October 31, 2005... (From India Business Insight) Worldspace, a satellite radio service, can transmit information during natural calamities, provide vital traffic information and 24-hour weather-related news. It will be particularly useful during...

Thailand organizes tsunami memorial design competition.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - Chairman of the Competition Organizing Committee Apinan Posayanon disclosed that Thailand has organized the Tsunami Memorial Design Competition. The competition will gather conceptual...

DAD Thailand to help recover areas and help those hit by December's tsunami in Thailand.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched the "Development Assistance Database: DAD Thailand", to help recover the tsunami-hit areas and assist the victims in the country. Deputy...

Thailand: Mae Sot District to strictly monitor on movement of poultry in border areas.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - The Office of Livestock in Mae Sot District is strictly controlling the movement of poultry, especially in the border areas, together with spraying disinfectants daily in slaughterhouses...

Thailand: Transport Minister expects PM to discuss with Bangkok Governor about extension route for BTS on 4th November.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - Transport Minister Phongsak Raktaphongpaisarn said on Friday the 4th of November, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may invite Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayothin for further discussion on...

Thailand: Sakaew Governor calls meeting in preventing and solving spread of avian influenza.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - Sakaew Governor Somboon Sripattanawat has called a meeting in preventing and solving the spread of avian influenza. Mr. Somboon presided over the meeting concerning this issue. He...

Thailand: Narathiwat Governor to adjust further plan to tackle insurgents after Ramadan period.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - Narathiwat Governor Pracha Taerat disclosed that the province is prepared for possible insurgencies during the Holy Muslim fasting season, or Ramadan. Mr. Pracha stated that all...

Thailand: Ratchaburi Province announces suspicious areas of avian influenza.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - The Ratchaburi provincial administrators have disclosed the suspicious areas of possible outbreaks of avian influenza, and have issued a warning to the general public. Ratchaburi...

Thailand: Tsunami warning towers on Patong beach to be tested today.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - The three tsunami warning towers on Patong beach will be tested today (October 28, 2005) between 10 am and 11:30 am. Patong Deputy Mayor Chairat Sukbal said the testing, to be...

Thailand: Phuket Carnival 2005 to be organized during November 1st to 3rd.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - Marking and welcoming the tourist season for this year, the Phuket Carnival 2005 will be organized in the famous beach of Patong during November 1st to 3rd. Expecting the festival to be...

Thailand: New official government housing project in Phuket proved to be very popular.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - The Thai Treasury Department Director General Visut Srisuphan officially opened the Treasury Department's housing project, located on 5.4 rai of land in Thalaad yai sub-district in Muang...

Thailand: Some Seven Eleven robbers arrested.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - A gang of 7 thieves who on Tuesday night robbed a Seven Eleven convenience store in a soi leading to Rajaphat University in Phuket were brought in for a press briefing and further...

Airports of Thailand reports increased income.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Corporate News - Airports of Thailand (AOT)'s income rose seven per cent in the 2005 accounting year, a report in Krungthep Turakij said. AOT reported gross income of 14.89 billion baht for the year...

MFC Asset Management of Thailand reports decreased profits.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Corporate News - MFC Asset Management reported net profits of 22.7 million baht for the third quarter, Krungthep Turakij reported. In the third quarter MFC Asset Management made net profits of 22.7...

Thailand's RATCH reports decreased profits.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Corporate News - Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (RATCH)'s net profits dropped 26 per cent in the third quarter after maintenance expenses rose, a report in Krungthep Turakij said. RATCH...

Phatra Insurance of Thailand reports increased third-quarter profits.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Corporate News - Phatra Insurance's net profits rose 79 per cent in the third quarter, a report in Krungthep Turakij said. Phatra Insurance reported net profits of 120 million baht, or six baht per...

Thailand: Thai Industries Sentiment Index rise in September 2005.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Economy - The Thai Industries Sentiment Index (TISI) rose to 90.8 points in September, Krungthep Turakij reported. The Federation of Thai Industries released its TISI figures for September 2005,...

Thailand's petroleum giant PTT cuts fuel prices of all categories by Bt 0.40 bt per liter.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Corporate News - PTT Public Company Limited (PTT), Thailand's petroleum giant, has reduced its retail prices of fuel of all categories by 0.40 baht per liter, effective from 05.00 hours on Friday, due...

Thailand hosts regional summit on bird flu.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - Thailand will host the second ACMECS economic co-operation summit next week with a focus on containing avian influenza--bird flu--and pledge to help the neighboring countries contain any...

Tourists unlikely to contract bird flu virus in Thailand, says minister.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - Public Health Minister Suchai Charoenratanakul said on Thursday that initial tests indicated it was unlikely three foreign tourists could have contracted the deadly bird flu virus while...

Thailand: Only two changes in cabinet reshuffle, says PM.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Government & Politics - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra confirmed here on Thursday that there would be a minor cabinet reshuffle soon, with only two changes from the present cabinet-line up. ...

Thailand: Latest southern violence to affect Thai stock market in short run.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Stocks - The latest violence in Thailand's deep South, where squads of militants robbed local village defence forces and made off with more than 90 firearms in many areas of three border provinces of...

Thailand: PM promises more aggressive measures against deep South insurgents.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - The Thai government will implement more aggressive measures in the country's southern border region, beginning from next month, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced on Thursday....

World Bank offers loan for Thailand's mega-projects, says minister.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Business News - The World Bank has agreed to help fund the Thai government's infrastructure spending programme, according to Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya. He quoted visiting World Bank managing...

Thailand: Reward offered for return of shotguns.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - A 20,000 baht reward has been offered for the return of each of 35 shotguns stolen by suspected insurgents from local village defence units in the southern province of Pattani. ...

Thailand: Aviation official denies AirAsia flight forced down by bird strike.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Corporate News - Thai aviation authorities have denied a Malaysian media report that a Kuala Lumpur-bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Chiang Mai International Airport on Monday...

Thailand: BOI confident of further rise in investment promotion applications.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Investment - Board of Investment Office 's Secretary-General Sathit Sirirangkamanond on Thursday voiced confidence the value of investment projects applied for promotional privileges this year would...

Deputy PM Chidchai heads to Malaysia for talks on Thailand's far south.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Vanasatidya has gone to Malaysia to discuss the situation in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south. Before leaving Bangkok this morning, the deputy prime...

NPLs in Thailand likely to drop faster than usual in 4th quarter of year 2005.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Business News - Non-performing loans (NPLs) in Thailand's banking system are likely to decline faster than usual in the fourth quarter of this year since commercial banks need to accelerate closing...

Thailand: Agriculture Ministry tightens anti-bird flu controls.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: General News - The Agriculture and Co-operatives Ministry on Wednesday banned the sale and distribution of sick or dead chickens. Offenders will be liable to both a fine and imprisonment. The...

Vietnamese, Lao Buddhist organisations agree to increase cooperation.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and the Lao Buddhist Fellowship Organisation (LBFO) signed a memorandum of understanding on their cooperation in Vientiane on October 27. ...

Vietnam: Epidemiologists emphasise surveillance in fight against bird flu.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - In the wake of fresh bird flu outbreaks around the world, Vietnamese and foreign epidemiologists shared the view that Vietnam needs to build an avian influenza surveillance system in...

German FES institute's effective cooperation in Vietnam honoured.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented a certificate of merit to the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), a German non-governmental organisation, honouring its...

Vietnam's second university granted international ISO certificate.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The United Kingdom's Bureau Veritas Quality International (BVQI) on October 27 granted the international ISO 9001-2000 certificate to the Da Lat University in the central highlands...

Vietnam: International Physics Year celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - A meeting to mark International Physics Year - Albert Einstein Year 2005 - was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27 by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, the...

Vietnam's Mekong provinces cope with floods.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Rising water in the Mekong river, accompanied by torrential rain, submerged the Long Xuyen quadrangle in the Mekong delta province of Kien Giang, killing five children. Thousands of...

Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs delegation works in Cambodia.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Vietnamese Party and State always consider overseas Vietnamese as an integral part of the nation and their development as a part of Vietnam's national development, said Tran Quang...

EU releases Blue Book on assistance to Vietnam's development.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - "Blue Book" - an annual official report of the European Union's assistance to Vietnam's development has been released, announced Robert Gordon, Ambassador of the UK which is currently...

Foreign Ministry briefs reporters on Vietnam's major diplomatic events in November.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a press briefing in Hanoi on October 27 to inform reporters of Vietnam's major diplomatic activities in November. Prime Minister Phan Van Khai...

Suzuki Vietnam gives 37,500 USD to traffic safety project.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Suzuki Vietnam Company has granted 37,500 USD to 23 primary schools in the central provinces of Quang Nam and Thua Thien - Hue in support of their project to raise students'...

Vietnamese Fatherland Front joins fight against bird flu.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Vietnamese Fatherland Front (VFF) convened its member organisations on October 27 to launch an education campaign on bird flu. The VFF and the participating agencies have pledged...

Unexploded bomb discovered in Vietnam's northern province.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - A group of workers discovered an unexploded bomb on Oct. 19 when building a road in Yen Son district in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang. The bomb, which was buried...

Chinese leader to visit Vietnam.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit Vietnam from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said on October 27. The visit, will be made at the invitation of General...

Vietnam: Legislators proposes subsidies for plant strain development.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Law makers at a debate on the country's first ever Intellectual Property Bill in Hanoi on Oct. 27 were of the same view that the Government should subsidise the diversification and...

AMES Vietnam Training Centre opens in Hanoi.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Australian Government's Adult Multicultural Education Agency (AMES) on October 26 officially launched the AMES Vietnam Training Centre in Hanoi. During the past five years of...

Vietnam: Gamma knife surgery saves 20 lives in three weeks.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Dr. Cao Ngoc Thanh, deputy rector of the Hue Medical University announced on Oct. 26 that the university's Gamma knife surgery centre saved the lives of 20 patients who were in critical...

Construction of high-grade Oasis houses begins in Vietnam's southern province.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Ground was broken on Oct. 25 for the construction of high-grade Oasis houses on an area of 9.3 ha in the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park in Thuan An district, in the southern central...

Vietnam's industrial production value up 16.7 percent in ten months.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Vietnam's industrial production value was estimated at 42.3 trillion VND (roughly 2.7 billion USD) in October, raising the country's total industrial production value in the first ten...

Int'l community lauds Vietnam's anti-bird flu efforts, commits more help.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The US Health Secretary spoke highly of Vietnam's efforts and experiences in combating bird flu, while his Canadian counterpart pledged continued help to the country. The two...

Vietnam: E-business opportunity exploitation discussed.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Exploiting opportunities in E-business was discussed at a seminar held in Hanoi on Oct. 27 by the Ministry of Trade, in coordination with the Asia-Pacific Council for Trade Facilitation...

Vietnam Forinvest 2005 to take place in November.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - A forum on investment cooperation and an exhibition of foreign direct investment in Vietnam (Vietnam Forinvest 2005) will take place from Nov. 2-6, announced the Ministry of Planning...

Vietnam-Thailand rice export cooperation: A correct move.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Business News - Bilateral cooperation in trading rice between Vietnam and Thailand has obtained fruitful results, said Cao Nang Gian, Commercial Counsellor of the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand. ...

Quality of Vietnam's goods are improving.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Essential economic sectors, including engineering, metallurgy, transport and communications, electricity, electronics, farm produce, and fisheries, have made great progress in improving...

Vietnam accelerates trade promotion in Germany and Singapore.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) will organise Vietnamese days in Germany and Singapore in late November and early December. About 220 businesses are expected to...

Vietnam's southern province permitted to build IZ.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The southern province of Tay Ninh has gotten the green light from the Government to build the Tram Anh Industrial Zone. The IZ will cover 479 ha in Thanh Phuoc commune, Go Dau...

Vietnam's gold price experiences record hike.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The price of gold increased by a record 70,000 VND per tael from late last week to 8.9 million VND per tael in the domestic market this morning, market watchers said. In Hanoi, 3A...

Vietnam: Con Dao island hopes to become economic-tourism zone.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - Prime Minister Phan Van Khai has approved southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province's plan to turn Con Dao island, once a notorious prison for opponents of Frenh colonialism and the US-backed...

Vietnam: Saigon shipbuilding company signs first deal with foreign partner.
October 31, 2005... (From Thai Press Reports) Section: Regional News - The Saigon shipbuilding industry company (SSIC) on Oct. 26 signed its first ever contract with a foreign partner to build ten 5,190-tonne multipurpose ships. Under the contract inked...