SJC permitted to import unlimited gold volumes
	Tuesday,  February 9,2010,16:37 (GMT+7) HCMC – Saigon Jewelry Holding Co. (SJC) is the only gold trader in the country allowed to import unlimited quantities of the yellow metal this time around, said central bank governor Nguyen Van Giau.

SAM secures strategic cooperation with two real estate firms
	Tuesday,  February 9,2010,15:57 (GMT+7) HCMC – Fund manager Saigon Asset Management (SAM) yesterday inked cooperation deals with two listed real estate companies, NBB Investment Corporation (NBB) and Construction and Material Trading Joint Stock Company (CNT).

Gold prices surge again
	Monday,  February 8,2010,19:41 (GMT+7) HCMC – Domestic gold prices again surged to over VND25 million per tael on Saturday due to strong buying after falling sharply to VND24 million per tael a day earlier.

Banks’ January mobilization nearly unchanged
	Monday,  February 8,2010,15:31 (GMT+7) HCMC – Mobilization of all credit institutions in the first month of 2010 increased by only 0.3% from late last year, according to the latest report of the State Bank of Vietnam.

AIA opens more customer service centers in cities
	Friday,  February 5,2010,09:54 (GMT+7) HCMC – AIA Vietnam on Monday opened customer service centers in Danang, Nha Trang and Can Tho cities in a bid to enhance the company’s customer service capacity, said the company’s CEO.

Sacombank’s card network hooked to Banknetvn, Smartlink
	Tuesday,  February 2,2010,15:15 (GMT+7) HCMC – Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Bank, or Sacombank, has connected its ATM network with two other networks of Banknetvn and Smartlink in order to provide a wider ATM network to its cardholders.

Central bank to buy US$1 bil. from sovereign bond sale
	Tuesday,  February 2,2010,14:44 (GMT+7) HANOI – The Ministry of Finance said on Monday that the US$1 billion obtained from a global, sovereign bond sale would be sold to the central bank to raise money for key industrial, energy and shipping projects.

Low official forex rate squeezes dollars out of banks
	Friday,  January 29,2010,16:16 (GMT+7) HCMC – Banks are finding it difficult to hold on to U.S. dollars remitted home from overseas as clients often refuse to sell the greenback to them due to the unattractive foreign exchange rate they offer.

SeABank collects money for SGVF
	Friday,  January 29,2010,12:43 (GMT+7) HCMC – Southeast Asia Commercial Bank (SeABank) has cut a deal with Societe Generale Viet Finance Company (SGVF) to let customers of the latter to pay money to the company via the bank.

Listed firms report Q4 losses
	Friday,  January 29,2010,12:25 (GMT+7) HCMC – Many enterprises listed on the two local bourses have reported losses in the fourth quarter of 2009 although they announced positive business results in previous quarters last year.