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Category: Vietnam Industry News

Industry is the cornerstone of most economies around the world. In Vietnam industry has grown rapidly and continues to grow at an exponential pace. This is inline with rising wages that are driving demand for all manner of goods.

This section covers industries including: aviation, manufacturing, and real estate.


Implementation of Vietnam’s new Land Law slated for July with NA approval

Among the key regulations this change will see come into force early are adjustments to the Law on Land that will remove land pricing regulations that see a price set every five years based with which, using their own coefficients, local governments determine the price of land. With land values increasing faster than the centrally set price and, believing their land to be worth more, landowners had in the past refused to sell waiting for a better price and this has held up a number of projects.

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Minimum wage hike of 6 percent submitted to Vietnam government for approval

This will be welcome news for Vietnam’s minimum wage workers with no minimum wage hike last year despite inflation floating around 4 percent. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor had been pushing for between 6.48 percent and 7.3 percent with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a peak business representative body, pushing for between 4.5 and 5 percent. Vietnam’s National Wage Council, which makes recommendations to the ministry, looks to have essentially split the difference.

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Billions of foreign aid lost in delays caused by politcal uncertainty in Vietnam

Of note, these delays in project approvals seem to be mostly in infrastructure projects and aid programs. New projects in the manufacturing and processing industry have continued to move forward without any more delays than is typical–critical to Vietnam’s economic development, investigating corruption in the industry could discourage further foreign direct investment.

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Airlines are making just US$1 per passenger: Vietnam Airlines exec.

The rising price of airfares in Vietnam has been in the news a lot lately. A review of airline ticket prices by the Vietnam Aviation Administration, however, after conducting a brief investigation, earlier this year, found that airfares prices have been within the current guidelines–in Vietnam airfares are regulated by the government.

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Another politburo member resigns in Vietnam

Truong Thi Mai  who was, until yesterday, the Standing Secretary of the Secretariat, has resigned her position. This was after it was revealed there were ‘violations and shortcomings’ in her work. Resignations among Vietnam’s leadership have become common of late with the president resigning in March and the Chariman of

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