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DH Bank recently launched the intelligent card (HDcard/Hdvisa) with VND 50,000 bonus for clients using the loan capital service of HDfinance.

DH Bank recently launched the intelligent card (HDcard/Hdvisa) with VND 50,000 bonus for clients using the loan capital service of HDfinance.

Those using HDbank will receive benefits including free payment of loan services at HDbank channels and discount of 60 percent at HDbank’s partners. The yearlong program starts April 2014.

Maritime Bank will correct the transaction fee list on ATM to M1Acount and M-Moneu cards. Clients that withdraw money from Maritime Bank ATMs will be charged VND 1,000 for every third transaction per month.

The total investment capital in industrial and export processing zones of HCMC reached US $277.25 million, according to HCMC Export Processing & Industrial Zone Authority (HEPZA). T

This includes foreign investment of US $234.54 million, an increase of 97.26 percent compared to the same period last year. Domestic investment reached US $33.91 million, an increase of 64.97 percent compared to the same period last year.

Twelve FDI projects received investment licenses in textiles, tobacco, electronic and mechanics. Large-scale projects include Chinese company Worldon with US $140 million in investments, Japanese company Sheido Textile with US $150 million in investments, and Korean company Cleanwrap Latex with US $10 million in investments.

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