Macro-economy updates October 2012

 The fourth session of the National Assembly term XIII opened in the morning October 22. This is the last session of the year, so together with considerations on socio-economic problems, the NA also spends a large amount of time for completing law. Government admitted, of 15 targets approved by the NA for 2012, as many … Read more

Finance and Banking report in Q3/2012

Total deposits According to Hanoi Statistics Office, total deposits of Hanoi-based credit institutions in September 2012 reached 851.647 trillion VND, rising 1.09% on month and surging 3.63% from December 2011. Savings increased 2.5% and 17.11%, payment deposit up 0.2% and 2.95% and valuable paper issuance up 0.15% and down 34.7% respectively. Ho Chi Minh City Statistics … Read more

Economic Report in Q3/2012

In general, the country’s socio-economy in the first 9 months of 2012 continued to face many difficulties and challenges. Sluggish Investment activities together with decreasing exports in almost economies led to low growth. In the country, the narrowed goods consumption market has led to high inventory. GDP increased over quarters, but lower than the growth … Read more

Pharmaceutical and healthcare in Vietnam

Mar 2012 ANT Consulting Vietnam is a large and fast growing population, which is expected to reach 96 million by 2019, and it will continue to attract the interest of foreign players. Although the country’s regulatory environment will remain fairly challenging, the introduction of global standards for manufacturing and pharmacy distribution will improve the market … Read more

Vietnam Food and Beverage overview with outlook to 2015

Tuan Nguyen Jan 6th, 2012 ANT Consulting, Vietnam has a large and youthful population (84.4 m with 9.8% growth to 2020), of which 52.3% were under 30s. Its economy is forecast to grow fast between 5-6% in 2012. MNCs in food and beverage (F&B) like Nestle, Unilever, Kraft, DANONE, Heinz, San Miguel Corp, SabMiller, Scottish … Read more