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VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) plans to exclude 338 projects from the list of hydropower plant projects to be developed nationwide. View post: The end of the small scale hydropower plants

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VietNamNet Bridge – Why can Chinese low quality and toxic products penetrate the Vietnamese market? Because Vietnam still does not have effective barriers to prevent the products. See more here: Vietnam turning Chinese refuse tip?

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Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Group has released an announcement to reject the information of the London-based environmental watchdog Global Witness on its occupation of land in Laos and Cambodia. See original article: Hoang Anh Gia Lai denies information of Global Witness

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Author: John Gillespie, Monash University The Vietnamese government is currently mulling over six-million public responses to proposed amendments to the Land Law. Most responses concern land grabs by provincial officials, which have dramatically increased since the law’s enactment in 2003. In the last decade, the area of land taken from farmers has reached one-million hectares, [...]

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The lending interest rates are on the decrease, which is hoped to help businesses more easily access bank loans. However, the efforts by the banks to slash interest rates would be useless if the bad debts suddenly increase. More: Businesses put pressure on central bank to delay bad debt classification

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Commercial banks have reported the steady increase in the mobilized capital so far this year. Meanwhile, businesses keep complaining that they lack capital to maintain production and expand business scale. More: Where have the deposits gone?

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No considerable progress has been made so far in the mechanical engineering over the last 10 years when Vietnam implemented the 10-year industry development strategy. View original post here: Vietnam’s mechanical engineering development plan fails completely

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VietNamNet Bridge – State-run PetroVietnam last week expressed great concerns about the $28.7 billion refinery and petrochemical complex in central Binh Dinh Province, proposed by Thailand’s PTT. See more here: Caution urged on giant PTT project

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