LONDON (ICIS)--This year has been a good one for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the chemicals industry and activity is expected to remain strong in 2011 as companies have built up healthy balance sheets and are in the market to buy. SEE MORE VietNamNet Bridge – As anticipated, Vietnam’s inflation rate in 2010 reaches two-digit level at 11.75 percent. Vo Tri Thanh, Deputy Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), while pointing out the negative impacts of the high inflation on the national economy, emphasized that Vietnam should focus on curbing inflation in 2011, and that the task should be seen as the priority right from the first quarter.SEE MORE 12:00 AM @ 01/01/1900
VietNamNet Bridge – In the two way trade with China, Vietnam has been importing more than exporting to the country. The trade gap has made a new record when it climbed to $12.6 billion, or 105 percent of Vietnam’s trade gap in 2010. Experts have warned that Vietnam’s economy has been too reliant on the neighbouring economySEE MOREJapan’s government took a step back from plans to start carbon trading in 2013 amid opposition from industries that say emission-trading rules would add to costs and limit their ability to compete against rivals in China and India who don’t face the same restrictions. SEE MORE
