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Child with strange power, sets furniture alight without touching it - Viet Nam News
In a description of the phenomena, reminiscent of Stephen King's book The Fire Starter, the father, who asked not to be named, said the family had noticed recently that the girl had the ability to make things burn without actually touching them.
Shares slide on sluggish trading - Viet Nam News
... the current 14 per cent to 15 per cent, lifting the repurchase, raised concerns that the bank was undermining its own efforts to ease upward pressures on commercial lending rates, said a source from FPT Securities Co who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Five banks to trade gold bars to 'stabilise market' - Viet Nam News
A general director of a big gold company, who declined to be named, said this year the greenback used for importing gold reached $1.5 billion. In September alone, the figure was $600 million. Some gold importers did not have enough dollars to import ...
Global markets drag on local shares - Viet Nam News
"Surging gold prices, along with investor expectations of a stock market correction, overwhelmed trades yesterday, sending stocks plunging," said an analyst with a Ha Noi-based securities company who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Gold imports to stabilise market - Viet Nam News
A Ha Noi-based economist, who asked to remain anonymous, said the central bank's move yesterday should dampen the market. Last year, when the gold price touched record highs, the bank introduced import quotas, which had the effect of cooling the ...
Banks flout dollar loan interest cap - Viet Nam News
"Many depositors have told us that they would withdraw their deposits if we didn't raise the interest rate," said the director of one commercial bank who asked to remain anonymous. "The ceiling rate of 2 per cent is rarely followed. ...
Shares surprise with late-session rebound - Viet Nam News
"I do not know why there was a small flurry of buying in the final minutes of the session, but I think the rally will help relieve the worries of investors," said a securities analyst in Ha Noi who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Investors keen on more golf courses - Viet Nam News
"If such an inflow takes place this year, it would be a disaster for the country's economy, as it has been suffering a big trade gap in the first half of 2011," said a trader who declined to be named. — VNS.
Business start-ups decline year-on-year - Viet Nam News
Director of a confectionery company in Ha Noi, who declined to give his name, admitted that his company had to delay plans to develop new products in addition to scrapping a portion of existing output due to capital and market difficulties. ...
New SSC draft guidelines to continue margin lending ratio - Viet Nam News
The margin ratio of 30:70, although it would help ensure the financial security of securities companies, was unfeasible, said the director of a Ha Noi-based securities company who asked to remain anonymous. The ratio should depend on an evaluation of ...
Commercial banks buy gold above market price - Viet Nam News
"The move is being seen as a temporary measure to tackle difficulties in raising capital and helping banks maintain short-term liquidity," said a senior official of a HCM City-based commercial bank, who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Brokerage firms increase fees for financial services - Viet Nam News
... investor psychology, but many securities companies are forced to raise rates as they were trying to balance costs and capital in an effort to limit any possible losses, according to head of a securities companies who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Exporters melt down jewellery to avoid taxes - Viet Nam News
The export of gold jewellery helped Vietnamese traders "circumvent" Government restrictions on bullion exports, the source said. "In Viet Nam, banks haven't been able to export bullion freely, so they have made jewellery out of it so they can export it ...
Ha Noi bond market enters adolescence - Viet Nam News
"This has resulted in the ineffectiveness of bond auctions and low market liquidity in 2010," said a senior official who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Gold deposits hit with income-tax on interest - Viet Nam News
... system due to unpredictable fluctuations in gold prices," said a senior monetary policy official with the State Bank, who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Bank shares help boost trades - Viet Nam News
... an analyst with SME Securities Co who asked to remain anonymous, noting that shares in the banking sector had been the year's biggest decliners. ...
Dong devalution hurts equipment importers - Viet Nam News
The owner of a plastic company in HCM City, who declined to be named, said in early September that he had signed a contract to import materials worth $5 ...
dong devalution hurts equipment importers - Viet Nam News
The owner of a plastic company in HCM City, who declined to be named, said in early September that he had signed a contract to import materials worth $5 ...
State Bank moves to cool demand for US dollars - Viet Nam News
However, a bank source that asked to remain anonymous said that commercial banks would be required to demonstrate a real demand for dollars by enterprises. ...
When privacy isn't respected - Viet Nam News
It affected my self-worth, and my family was very upset," said the contestant, who asked to remain anonymous. She was so incensed that she considered suing ...
Auto industry suffers from structural weaknesses - Viet Nam News
A representative of Vinaxuki, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "Vinaxuki produces 40 per cent of its own components and parts. ...
BIDV ranked with higher credit ratings - Viet Nam News
"We actually would have deserved a three-notch uplift if the sovereign ratings were higher," said a senior BIDV official who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Defective electrical parts swamp market - Viet Nam News
... quickly but consume more powers and can easily cause electric shock, noted a staff member of the HCM City Power Co who asked to remain anonymous. — VNS.
State Bank measures help cut interest rates - Viet Nam News
... ease upward pressures on rates, confirmed an official of the State Bank's monetary statistics and forecasting department, who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Interbank rates in dramatic drop - Viet Nam News
A reliable source that asked to remain anonymous told Viet Nam News that, in a closed meeting of the Banking Association late last week, most banks agreed ...