Vietnamese port project demonstrates difficulties in attracting financing

Article Abstract:

Vietnam needs to modernize its infrastructure but lacks the funds needed to do so. Moreover, private sector funding for such badly needed modernization projects seems absent and will not develop for some period of time. A clear example of Vietnam's infrastructure problem is the Saigon Port. The Asian Development Bank intends to should most of the costs of upgrading the centuries-old port facility. It states that private entities are wary about Vietnam's complicated legal environment and the absence of adequate loans.

Marine cargo handling, Ports, Analysis, Infrastructure (Economics), Economic aspects, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Pirated copies of best-sellers abound on shelves of Vietnamese bookstores

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Vietnam is rapidly emerging as a major center for pirated books, with virtually all of the country's bookstores carrying unauthorized copies of many best-sellers on their shelves. The popularity of these pirated editions is in large part because of price: copies only cost a fraction of the originals. Moreover, the business is not actually illegal since Vietnamese law extends copyright protection only if a work is registered in Vietnam within 30 days of foreign release.

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Publishing, Publishing Industries, Copyright, Copyright infringement

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Manager Media steps back; plans for Asia Inc. to go weekly are scrapped

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Manager Media International Ltd, a Thai publishing company, is holding back its plans of converting its monthly business magazine Asia Inc into a weekly publication. The move was unexpected since Manager Media has just hired a senior editor and six new journalists to prepare for the conversion. Manager Media officials admitted to some financial problems but said they were not a factor in the decision.

Periodicals, Periodical Publishers, Periodical publishing, Manager Media International Ltd.

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