Northern Power Corporation, under Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN NPC), signed a syndicated loan agreement worth VNĐ515 billion (US$22.7 million) last week for the period of seven years.

The Tân Thuận Industrial Park Company sold around 7.52 million shares of HDBank at an HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) auction last week.

YouTube has removed 3,000 clips with bad content, while Facebook deleted more than 600 accounts which forge or slander individuals and organisations after working with Vietnamese authorities.

Vietcombank has achieved 87.5 per cent of its pre-tax profit target of VNĐ9.2 trillion (U$$403.5 million) for this year by the end of June.

Telecom operator Việt Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has chosen Ericsson as a strategic partner to modernise its charging and business support system.

Construction of VTV Tower, which was expected to be the world's highest, will likely be put on hold.

Phú Nhuận Jewelry Joint-Stock Company achieved a pre-tax profit of VNĐ471 billion (US$20.7 million) in the first half of the year, up 54 per cent over the same period last year to meet over 62 per cent of its 2017 plan.

 Long An Province will direct relevant agencies to remove bottlenecks for businesses, including those from Taiwan, Trần Văn Cần, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee said at a dialogue with Taiwanese enterprises last week.

Hoteliers are attracted by Vietnamese rapidly growing tourism sector, robust economic development and infrastructure investments, real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle has said in a recent report.