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Day: April 4, 2024

Foreign traders net-withdraw over US$450 million from HoSE in March

Foreign traders pulled almost half a billion dollars from the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange–the HoSE–in March. This adds to the US$110 million withdrawn in February after a net-gain in January of just over US$7 million. All-up, so far this year, foreign traders have net-withdrawn US$644.3 million from the

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The Power Development Plan 8 Implementation Plan was approved

The Prime Minister issued Decision 262/QD-TTg on April 1 approving an implementation plan put together by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, for the implementation of the Power Development Plan 8–or PDP8–that was approved last year. It essentially goes into the specifics dividing power production aims by region and then

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Vietnam’s Industrial Production Index jumps 20 percent in March

Vietnam’s Industrial Production Index–or IIP–was up 20 percent in March over February according to Vietnam’s General Office of Statistics. Notably, the IIP saw an 18 percent fall in February as a result of the Lunar New Year holiday and in this context these latest results seem to indicate a return

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Vietnam’s manufacturing industry records slight decline in March

S&P Global’s Purchasing Manager’s Index recorded a fall for Vietnam’s manufacturing sector in March, with the index dipping below the 50-point break-even mark. Recording a 49.9 this was a drop of .5 percent from February’s 50.4. Key takeaways Optimism in the industry for the year was at an 18-month high;

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Vietnam’s legal argument for not returning four ex-Vietjet planes

This analysis of a dispute between foreign aircraft lessor, Fitzwalter Capital Partners, and Vietnam’s Vietjet, in which Vietjet failed to return four planes after a lease agreement was terminated, goes into the legal argument for keeping the aircraft in Vietnam. Specifically, the article states that when the ownership of the

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