Vietnamese shares recouped part of the week’s losses on Friday as the current massive sell-off across the stock market triggered investors to scoop up stocks at bargain prices.

Leading mobile phone service providers Viettel and MobiFone have said they are ready to cope with the expected rush during the Lunar New Year.

As demand for cash withdrawals at ATMs doubles or triples around the Vietnamese Tết holiday, banks are recommending customers use electronic payment or scan their cards at POS machines or use quick response (QR) codes instead of withdrawing cash at ATMs.

Trade in paper between Việt Nam and India is quite low and there is significant potential for growth, a meeting between Indian and Vietnamese paper companies heard in HCM City on February 9.

Only 3 per cent of a total of 267 million shares offered in the initial public offering (IPO) of Power Generation Corporation 3 (Genco 3) on Friday were sold successfully, a poor result given the high market expectations before the sale.

For two years, the Hải Phòng Chamber of Commerce, Investment and Tourism has played a key part in making the northern port city one of the most attractive destinations in the country.

Many tech firms this year are expected to add up to 10-50 per cent more employees to their IT teams as prospects for the country’s IT industry are bright, according to  recruitment companies.

Vietnam Airlines will start operating direct flights from Taiwan to CầnThơ and vice versa, said Nguyễn Phúc Điền, head of Vietnam Airlines’ branch in CầnThơ, on Thursday.

 The balance of the petrol price stabilisation fund surged to more than VNĐ5.1 trillion (US$ 224 million) at the end of the fourth quarter of 2017, the Ministry of Finance has reported.