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European companies in VN ‘still wary'

HCM CITY — Business confidence and outlook among European companies in Viet Nam has continued to be consistently near "neutral" for that third straight quarter, an every three months survey by EuroCham shows.The EuroCham Business Climate Index for April/May 2012 to become launched today fell by three points to 53.European companies that required part within the survey ongoing to become careful regarding their business outlook as well as in assessing their unique circumstances along with the overall

Vietnamese buyer confidence lower

HCM CITY — Consumer confidence in Viet Nam has dipped to the cheapest level because the third quarter of 2010 as concerns remain within the economy, market research finds.Global consumer research firm Nielsen stated in the pr release the consumer confidence index for Viet Nam dropped five points in the previous quarter to face at 94 points for Q1 2012. Its survey also discovered that "three from every four Vietnamese online customers believe that it is a bad time for you to buy whatever they would like

Eurozone economy shrinks 0.3% in fourth quarter

The 17-nation eurozone economy grew by 1.5 percent in 2011 but went into reverse in the last three months of the year

Buyer confidence rises three points in fourth quarter

Vietnamese consumer confidence stands at 99 points for the forth quarter of 2011, an increase of three points against the previous quarter. This was the first confidence increase in 2011, after decreasing for the first three quarters consecutively, according to the Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions.

US economy picked up modestly in fourth quarter

The US economy picked up speed in the fourth quarter, fresh data showed, but it appeared to be still struggling to click into second gear as investment and consumer spending remained weak

Wall Street Week Ahead: Focus shifts back to U.S. earnings

Stocks have strayed from their recent link to euro moves, and the start of U.S. corporate earnings next week could help shift investor focus back to U.S. fundamentals from Europe.

Japan third-quarter GDP growth lowered to 5.6%

Japan said Friday the economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter than initially estimated, with the fragile post-quake recovery weighed by a strong yen and the eurozone debt crisis

Investors are less confident about Vietnam

Business confidence and outlook among European companies in Vietnam falls for the fourth consecutive quarter as a result of macroeconomic troubles, high inflation and other concerns, EuroCham reported

Business confidence plummets in second quarter

The business confidence index (BCI) in the second quarter reached just 88 points, down 21 points against the previous quarter, representing the biggest drop since the index was first adopted in Vietnam in 2008.

European firms losing trust in Vietnam: survey

The level of trust in Vietnam and business prospects here has dropped 9 points this quarter, a EuroCham poll of its members found

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Nutrious milk smugglers confiscated

THUA THIEN – HUE – Hue City's police turned away a smuggling ring and confiscated 10,000 US's Abbott milk-cans with labels transformed, the town investigative police confirmed with Viet Nam News today.Ton Nu Cam Dung was altering labels of Abbot's Ensure milk at her house with an Cuu Ward's Phan Chu Trinh Street. A lot more than 5,000 cans with yellow labels, 1,600 with blue labels and 500 without label were grabbed.Law enforcement also discovered 50 boxes of milk-cans that contains cans with changed

No funds to evacuate landslide areas

HCM CITY — The dearth of enormous sums of cash to maneuver citizens from landslide – and natural disaster-prone areas causes it to be hard for local government bodies to satisfy the Government's target.Families residing in 100s of landslide-prone areas and 60 river valleys threatened by surges were set to become gone to live in safe areas and assisted with moving, based on the Secretary of state for Agriculture and Rural Development.Pham Khanh Ly, deputy director from the ministry's Department of