Experienced partners will help speed up chip facilities

Sunday,  May 5,2013,20:39 (GMT+7) HCMC Vice Chairman Le Manh Ha told a recent seminar here that the city this year would deploy a state-of-the-art project for the chip industry as it has had all necessary fundamentals for this, and the city’s government will focus recourses on realizing this project. However, in an interview with The Saigon Times Daily after Ha announced the ambitious project, Professor Serge Demidenko, head of the Center of Technology at RMIT Vietnam, recommends some ‘food for thought’ for HCMC if it wants to obtain its objective.

Only qualified players can survive in aviation market

Saturday,  April 27,2013,08:04 (GMT+7) Luu Thanh Binh, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), said only qualified airlines can survive and fare well in a challenging sector like aviation. Binh provides an insight into Vietnam’s current aviation market and carriers in an interview with The Saigon Times Daily on the sidelines of a two-day conference and exhibition Air Freight Logistics Vietnam 2013 that began in HCMC on Thursday.

Better Services For Enterprises
	Thursday,  April 25,2013,15:32 (GMT+7) Nguyen Duc Hien, CEO of Quang Trung Software City (QTSC), elaborates on how the software park says that the park wants to be not only a dominant partner of IT firms.

Capitaland aims for long term business
	Tuesday,  April 16,2013,20:10 (GMT+7) Lim Ming Yan, new CEO of Capitaland, made a visit to Vietnam last week for the topping out ceremony of the ParcSpring Residential Apartments in HCMC’s District 2. In an interview with the Daily, he said the Singaporean group has a long-term view and that he’s confident in the future of the Vietnamese property market. Excerpts follow.

Property market sees light flickering in tunnel
	Tuesday,  April 9,2013,21:06 (GMT+7) Property developers have experienced another quarter with negative sentiment in the market. The Daily talked to Marc Townsend, managing director of CB Richard Ellis Vietnam, about the market on the occasion the property services provider launches its first quarter report of this year. Excerpts:

Hilton optimistic about Vietnam’s hospitality industry

Tuesday,  April 9,2013,20:12 (GMT+7) Hilton Worldwide this week has announced the opening of Hilton Garden Inn in Hanoi as the award-winning brand’s first property in Southeast Asia. On the occasion, The Saigon Times Daily had an interview with William Costley, Vice President of Operations - Southeast Asia, Hilton Worldwide, about the group’s strategy in Vietnam’s hospitality industry in the coming years.

Thorny reforms yet to be done
	Tuesday,  March 19,2013,21:56 (GMT+7) The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) last Thursday announced the 2012 Provincial Competitiveness Index after conducting a survey among thousands of enterprises for their views abut the governance at the provincial level. Vu Tien Loc, chairman of VCCI, talked to The Saigon Times Daily about the reforms to improve the business environment.

Amway Vietnam – Sustainable growth is important
	Tuesday,  March 19,2013,20:48 (GMT+7) Amway Vietnam has just received the Golden Dragon Award, presented annually by Vietnam Economic Times and the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The Daily has a talk with How Kam Chiong, general director of Amway Vietnam, about the event and its business performance.

Everything is half-done
	Thursday,  March 7,2013,21:06 (GMT+7) Although the Government has made many efforts to restructure the economy, all of them are still half-done, Vo Tri Thanh, vice president of the Central Institute for Economic Management, talked to The Saigon Times Daily. Excerpts:

Approach to reform is too slow
	Sunday,  March 3,2013,21:42 (GMT+7) Vietnam is facing unprecedented challenges in fighting numerous economic problems. Victoria Kwakwa, the World Bank’s country director for Vietnam, talked with The Saigon Times Daily on the need to bolster reforms to cope with such challenges. Excerpts: