HDBank, one of Việt Nam’s largest joint stock commercial banks, set up its first branch in Thái Nguyên Province on July 20, providing financial services such as loans, money transfers, and saving accounts, as well as highly-paid job opportunities for locals.

Cigarette smuggling has caused a loss of thousands of billions of Vietnamese đồng each year for the state, according to figures released by the Việt Nam Tobacco Association at a symposium held yesterday in Cần Thơ.

Việt Nam’s motorcycle market has been rapidly growing in recent years, bucking expectations that it would enter a saturation stage, as consumption shifts from semi-automatic motorbikes to scooters and from widely popular scooters to luxury vehicles.

The Government will have to decide either to devalue the Vietnamese đồng further against the US dollar to support exports and avoid cheaper Chinese goods to flood in the local market, or keep the dollar/đồng exchange rate stable to avoid increased public debt and control inflation as the US-China trade war accelerates.

A large number of poor people and women in Việt Nam have not accessed mobile banking.

The benchmark VN-Index on Monday bounced back from a fall on Friday thanks to the increases of individual large-cap stocks.

Thủ Đức Thermal Power Plant, in co-operation with Bách Khoa Investment and Development of Solar Power Corporation (SolarBK Holdings),  has developed a rooftop solar system to supply 53,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy per year.

The 11^th Dialogue between the Federation of Japanese Chambers of Commerce and Industry in ASEAN (FJCCIA) and the Secretary General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi was held in HCM City in cooperation with Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) yesterday.

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce’s HCM City Market Surveillance Agency on July 22 (Sunday) inspected three Con Cưng (Baby) Ltd, Co. stores, a retailer that sells baby products in HCM City, for possible fraud.