The national carrier Vietnam Airlines has officially started accepting quick response (QR) code payments for its passengers from July 9.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Việt Nam (Vietcombank) has been named Việt Nam’s best bank in 2018 by FinanceAsia.

Cargill Cares Council, Cargill Incorporated’s international charity fund raiser, has mobilised over VNĐ6 billion for community projects in Việt Nam’s poor rural areas since June last year.

Military-run Viettel Group reported profits in eight of its 10 overseas markets including Peru, Cambodia, Laos, Haiti, Burundi, East Timor, Mozambique and Cameroon in the first half of the year.

Sacombank has waived fees for all transactions done by individual customers on its Sacombank mBanking app on the first two Saturdays of July.

Messaging application Viber on Wednesday launched Viber Community in Việt Nam, offering a chat space where up to 1 billion users can exchange messages and all kinds of content.

Most Asian companies, including those doing business in Việt Nam, believe it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit international talent though 40 per cent (75 per cent in Việt Nam) plan to increase their international headcount in the next 12 months, according to a new report.

Vietjet has started operating international flights to and from Cam Ranh airport in the central province of Khánh Hòa at the new international terminal T2 this month.

Vinatex, the nation’s premier textile and garment company, reported a pre-tax profit of VNĐ394 billion (US$17.3 million) for the first half of this year, a 14 per cent year-on-year rise.