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Risk assessment and management in enterprise

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Risk assessment service in Vietnam helps identity risks for management Conceptually, risk is any uncertainty that may be harmful to the ability to successfully implement the business objectives of the enterprise. Especially, for business operating in Vietnam, a developing country, the enterprise might encounter potential risks that only local professional whom is aware of culture, local practice could identify and explain. In general, businesses can identify potential risks to manage them. Risk management is a process of a comprehensive review of the business operations to identify potential risks that may impact adversely to the operational aspects of the business taking into consideration of the environment it operates in. Based on that, the response solutions will be given corresponding to each risk. We can also understand that the risk management process is a process that is organized in a formal way and ongoing to determine, control and report the risks that can affect the achi

Why Binh Duong – Highlight of Attracting FDI

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Binh Duong is a potential destination in Vietnam for foreign corporation to set-up business and manufacturing facility. According to the latest data of the Department of Planning and Investment of Binh Duong Province, in the first 11 months of 2015, this province has attracted 1.823 billion USD FDI capitals, reaching 182% of the annual plan, increase by 19% over the same period in 2014. With this result, Binh Duong occupies the 4th position in the country in attracting FDI and continues to assert as a “hot address” in attracting investment in the Southern key economic zone. Most recently, in November 2015, Binh Duong province has granted the investment registration certificate for the project Kocham Tower with a total investment of 2 million USD to build the office building, culture school, Korean cuisine restaurant… This project comes from the idea of Association of Korean businesses in Binh Duong in which they want to have working place near the company’s factory and the provincial

Foreign Capital Poured Strongly into Ho Chi Minh City

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It has been reported the foreign direct investment (FDI) is strong up to the end of August 2015. The trend of foreign investors relocating manufacturing site to Vietnam, build factory, and make direct investment through setting up company or business venture has been progressively realized thanks to Vietnam’s policy welcoming FDI and the uncertainties of China. There are 249 newly registered projects in the form of 100% foreign investment capital, reaching USD 744 million; 78 joint venture projects reaching USD 1,573.6 million. In terms of investment sector, Vietnam real estate sector topped in the capital pouring in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam with 5 projects and the capital reached USD 1,428.4 million, accounting for 61.6% of total newly registered capital, 41 industrial projects with USD 585.7 million (25.3%). In the third place is the financial and service sector with 90 projects and USD 116 million investment capital (5%); education and training with 8 projects at USD 71.3 mi

WSJ: “Made in Vietnam” Goods will Soon Popular Globally

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  Numerous foreign investors relocating factorties to Long An (Vietnam) to  set up business  and take advantage of young and low cost workforce. This province has a dozen industrial zones. As of May 2015, they have attracted 3.67 billion USD foreign investments, 40% of which is poured into textiles sector. The economists said that this process could accelerate if the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) is agreed. This agreement will reduce import tariffs on many goods exchanged between member states, mainly to benefit the developing country like Vietnam or Malaysia – countries where growth rate depends heavily on exports. Wages soared and labor shortages in China are making Vietnam become more attractive. Last year, FDI into Vietnam have reached 12.4 billion USD, increase by nearly 25% compared to 2009. One of the largest investors as Samsung Electronics of South Korea whom have plan to double investment in electronics manufacturing in Vietnam. If TPP takes effect, Vietnam econom

Vietnam Is the Focus of Foreign Investors

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With favorable conditions in macroeconomic, political and social, Vietnam is a potential destination for setting up company and conduct the M&A activity. In Vietnam, the growth of the retail market and the entry of international brands, while the average income of consumers is increasing along with stable economic conditions are creating motivation for retail market. In addition, e-commerce sector is growing and accounts for a large part of total retail sales, although traditional forms of shopping still being preferred by consumers. Moreover, the liberalization of the retail market in 2009 created favorable condition for foreign brands to join and domestic brands are constantly expanding in order to maintain market presence. The most developing sectors of the retail segment are food & beverage (F&B) and consumer products. Vietnam Retail Market Prospect for the Asian retail market is very positive, the average growth rate in retail sales is 8.5% in the last 5 years. The num

Vietnam Prepares for Wave of Russian Tourist

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Vietnam is preparing to welcome waves of Russian to enter Vietnam tourism market, set up tour operator company and also conduct M&A activity in tourism industry. Currently, there were complicated situations occurred in the favorite destinations of Russian tourists such as Egypt, Turkey and Goa of India, the Russian Government recommend, forbid or even stop the tours and flights to these destinations. Vietnam, Cuba and China have been recommended as safe destinations for Russian citizens to travel. The A321 of Kogalymavia Airlines (Russia) had an accident in the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) on October 31st killed 224 people on the flight. The Security Agency of the Russian Federation determined that this is a terrorist attack after finding traces of explosives in the debris. Soon after, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the suspension of all flights from Russia to Egypt. On November 11th, Russia officially banned all aircraft of the national airline of Egypt (Egypt Air) and advise

FDI Capital Pouring to Binh Duong Province

Binh Duong province of Vietnam has marked early success in attracting investment with large projects licensed in setting up business , mainly in manufacturing. On October 23rd, 2015 the Provincial People’s Committee of Binh Duong has just granted the investment certificate phase 3 of 2015 for 38 enterprises with foreign direct investment (FDI). Total capital reaches nearly 532 million USD, bringing the total FDI capital into this province in 10 months to 1.63 billion USD, increase by 40% compared to the same period in 2014. Also at the ceremony, the Provincial People’s Committee of Binh Duong has witnessed the signing of the lease 80 hectares of land in Bau Bang Industrial Zone to deploy factories specialized in manufacturing bicycles of Active International VN Company (Taiwan). This is a large-scale projects, concentrating 45-60 enterprises specialized in manufacturing bicycles with total investment of 200-250 million USD, which is expecting to create more than 8,000 jobs. Readmore: h

Numerous Furniture Companies Moved from Indonesia to Vietnam

Since early 2015, there were 6 foreign furniture companies moved their factories from Indonesia to Vietnam. There is a large furniture company invested by Taiwan in Sidoarjo – East Java has decided to move their factory to Vietnam. This company was started dismantling and will move in early 2016. Companies from Taiwan have been operating for 3 years in Indonesia then want to switch to manufacturing in Vietnam because of the labor cost and the minimum wage. The minimum wage in Vietnam has increased by 150% in the past 3 years. After considering the costs, they decided to move to Vietnam to operate more efficiently. Moreover, manufacturing in Vietnam is 35% more efficient than in Indonesia. Readmore: http://www.antconsult.vn/set-up-company-in-vietnam/numerous-furniture-companies-moved-from-indonesia-to-vietnam.html

Apple’s Co-founder Comes to Vietnam

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  Apple’s Co-founder Steve Wozniak will attend Vietnam SMAC Conference 2015 and share IT experience with 400  businessmen in Ho Chi Minh City  on December 2nd 2015. If Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs is remembered as the person who bring Apple to the world then Steve Wozniak is the great technical brain of Apple that help to create the first computer, starting of many following success. While the technology trends are changing daily, there are still many Vietnam enterprises that are confused with the application of technology in business. Organized by MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation, SMAC Conference 2015 with the participation of Steve Wozniak and leaders of many leading technology corporations in Vietnam is an opportunity for the businessman community to update the technology trends worldwide, as well as meet and share experiences in the application of information technology, IT services solutions in administration and business. Attending this event, Steve Wozniak will bring informatio

Signing of TPP in 2016 Will Promote FDI into Vietnam

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The investment flow will be strong into Vietnam for setting up company, factory once the commitments in the TPP agreement takes effect. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will be signed on February 4th 2016 in New Zealand. In order to capture the opportunities that it will bring, many foreign companies have invested in Vietnam. The parties have also agreed to a term of 2 years for national parliaments to ratify the agreement. Thus, the TPP can be effective in 2018. 12 members of TPP include: US, Japan, Vietnam, Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, Peru and Singapore. The current country members of TPP accounted for 40% of the world GDP and 26% of global trade merchandise. The agreement will not be effective without the participation of both the US and Japan. To this point, it is probably not debatable about the opportunities that the TPP brings to Vietnam, especially in trade development and investment attraction. When the trade is opened thanks t

Lotte Wants to Open 60 Supermarkets in Vietnam

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Vietnam’s retail market has the highest growth rate in the region, therefore Lotte expects to grow further through setting up more retail business or  M&A activity in Vietnam . South Korea is the largest investor in Vietnam with over 4,000 enterprises, total investment in Vietnam as of July 2015 is 32.8 billion USD. Among South Korean firms investing in Vietnam, Lotte Mart is one of the corporations with the most powerful investment force and they are leading in a number of areas with the models of retail, hotel, cinema… Mr. Hong Won Sik, CEO of Lotte Mart Vietnam said that Vietnam’s retail market has the highest growth rate in the region, therefore Lotte wants to invest more. The target is to open 60 supermarkets till 2020 and now they have opened 11 supermarkets in Vietnam. Some of the current Lotte shopping centers have made a big impression on Vietnam consumers and the investment from Lottle makes it to be one of the biggest players on the retail landscape in Vietnam. Finding t

Vietnamese Restaurant Chain Attracts Foreign Funds

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  To meet the demand of growing of young consumer, the food and beverage services in Vietnam have been attracting investment in  setting up business , M&A activity. The Vietnam business community recently is not out of surprise when a series of Vietnamese restaurant chains are invested by famous overseas funds with millions of USD. The start-up project with the restaurant chain named “Kafe Group” by Chi Anh Dao, a female chef and businesswoman born in 1984 has just got the attention by receiving an investment amount of 5.5 million USD (over 120 billion VND) from Cassia Investments – an investment fund from Hong Kong (China). Previously at the end of 2014, the chain of 100 restaurants named “Mon Hue” (Hue Dishes) of Huy Vietnam Food Processing Co., Ltd has been invested by Franklin Templeton fund, a fund managed by billionaire Mark Mobius with 11 million USD investment capitals. According to the owner of “Mon Hue” restaurant, this food chain also receives investment capital from 4 o

M&A in Vietnam: Strong Flow from Thailand

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It is expected to have a strong capital flow from Thailand to Vietnam in the coming time to through M&A activities. According to a research, the main trend of the M&A market Vietnam in the period of 2015 – 2016 and subsequent years have been focusing on some key sectors: retail, consumer goods, real estate, finance – banking. Notably, in the coming time, investors from Thailand will become “dual key” in its role as the acquisition of the project, and incorporation in Vietnam. Not until now, it has been realized that Thai is serious rival in the M&A market. From the period of 2010 – 2011 till now, the Thai people through their corporations like Charoen Pokphand, TCC Group, PTT, Siam Cement (SCG), BJC, Central Group… by the way of M&A or direct investment have quietly entered in Vietnam’s retailing, building materials, gas sectors. M&A Trend from Thai Investors in Vietnam In 2012, SCG has spent 240 million USD to acquire 85% stake in Prime Group. Currently, SCG has

Vietnam Prime Minister Visits Japan to Promote Investment

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Japan has played more and more important role as a strategic investor in Vietnam through making investment and setting up business in Vietnam with growing number of foreign direct investment projects. Accepted the invitation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead Viet Nam delegation to attend The Seventh Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting in Tokyo from Jul 2 to Jul 4th, 2015. This is an important conference to unify the orientation about Mekong-Japan cooperation for the period 2016-2018. The conference will review the situation between Mekong-Japan cooperation, especially resulting the implementation of the Mekong-Japan Action Plan in the 2013-2015 period and measures the priorities in the near future. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Le Hai Binh said, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung attend The Seventh Mekong-Japan Summit Meeting to promote Economic Society development of the Mekong Sub-region in general and of Vietnam in particular, as well as consolidate friendship

Which Sectors Attracting Investment in First Half of 2015

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  The trend of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam continues to tremendously increase into key sectors such as industrial processing and manufacturing, business and real estate, wholesale and retail, through  set up business in Vietnam . Accordingly, the disbursed FDI inflows in June positively increased and exceeded the growth rate of last year. In June 2015, registered and new FDI is 1.19 billion dollars, bringing the total registered and new value to 5.49 billion dollars since the beginning of this year, equivalent to 80.2 % value of the same period in last year 2014. In particular, FDI registered capital of 3.83 billion USD since the beginning of 2015 is equivalent to 79% FDI capital of the same period in 2014. Additional FDI capital was 1.65 billion in the first 6 months of 2015, equivalent to 83% FDI capital of the same period of 2014. The FDI project has disbursed a total of 6.3 billion, increase 9,6% value in the same period in 2014. FDI in small-scale projects has a ten

Japan Pouring Capital into Vietnam Real Estate Market

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Vietnam real estate market has seen a growing funds poured into the real estate market through signning partnership agreement with Vietnam partners or direct foreig own investment in setting up company in Vietnam . Since 2011, Tokyu Corp of Japan has already had cooperation agreements with Becamex IDC Corp to invest USD 1.2 billion to develop the urban area project of 71ha in Binh Duong new city. Other real estate business as Thanh Dong has also signed cooperation with many Japanese investors to mobilize capital for investment in a range of real estate projects. Accordingly, Thanh Dong is negotiating with a private equity fund in Osaka to cooperate investment in 3 major projects of this company in Hai Duong. Besides, Thanh Dong has also reached agreement with Handa Global (Yokohama) on contributing capital to build a 5 star hotel complex in Nha Trang – Dien Khanh urban area and a sea villa complex in the urban area of trade, tourism and financial services in Nha Trang city center. The

Visit to Vietnam of the British Prime Minister

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  British Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron visited Vietnam in two days 29 – 30th July 2015, promoting British companies to seek  business venture in Vietnam. Mr Cameron visit Vietnam to discuss measures and orientations to further deepen the strategic partnership between UK and Vietnam, which was established since 2010. Among the Southeast Asian countries that the British Prime Minister visits this time, Vietnam is the only country that Mr. Cameroon visits both two big cities Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. British Prime Minister, Vietnam Prime Minister, General Director of Vietnam Airlines Mr. Pham Ngoc Minh and President of Rolls-Royce Mr. Tony Wood come to visit the Airbus 350 at Noi Bai International Airport. The two Prime Ministers witnessed the signing of cooperation agreement between Vietnam Airlines and Rolls Royce Group for aircraft engine maintenance according to flight times for 14 A350 XWB aircrafts, worth 340 million pounds. Prime Minister Mr. Nguyen Tan Dung affirmed that the