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China-ASEAN FTA – CCTV

Benito — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:12:47 +0000

China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement came into effect at the start of the new year. CCTV9 reports:

Asian Stock Markets; weekly roundup

Benito — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:02:24 +0000

REGIONAL	VALUE	CHANGE	% CHANGE

S&P ASIA 50	2851.87	29.990	1.063
MSCI Asia APEX 50	730.54	10.710	1.488

NORTH ASIA

CHINA – CSI 300	3,280.37	33.321	1.026
HONG KONG – HANG SENG	21,752.87	487.880	2.294
TAIWAN – TAIEX	7,340.08	-15.610	-0.21
JAPAN – TOPIX	894.67	12.410	1.407
KOREA – KOPSI	1,580.69	-5.16	-0.325
MONGOLIA – MSE Top 20	7,278.53	-38.530	-0.53

SE ASIA & OCEANIA

SINGAPORE – Strait Times	2,651.13	18.820	0.72
VIETNAM – Ho Chi Minh Ind	587.12	5.63	0.968
INDIA – SENSEX	15,896.28	-156.440	-0.975
AUSTRALIA - S&P ASX 200	4,643.20	68.5	1.497
NEW ZEALAND - NZX 50	3,215.62	19.999	0.626

Vietnam's first ETF begins trading in the US

benito - chinasouthamerica — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:45:00 +0000

Vietnam’s first ETF, which tracks Market Vectors Vietnam index .MVVN, not the country’s Hochiminh index began trading today.

Van Eck bets on Vietnam’s growth with new ETF – Reuters

The Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (VNM) will be the first U.S.-listed ETF exclusively dedicated to Vietnam, mirroring the performance of the Market Vectors Vietnam index .MVVN, which tracks companies that generate at least 50 percent of their revenues in the country, Van Eck said in a statement.

“Vietnam is one of the world’s most populous nations, and its well-educated, young population — nearly half of the country’s 90 million residents are under the age of 25 — provides strong underpinnings for local economic growth,” Van Eck said in the statement.

Click here to access the full article from Reuters by Walter Brandimarte

* Vietnam Flag, courtesy of CIA World Factbook