Vietnamese companies can learn from their Hong Kong counterparts about doing business on an international level at the “In Style Hong Kong” trade promotion next month and leverage that knowledge to expand globally, a media briefing on the event heard in HCM City on Thursday.

Nine Vietnamese start-ups on Wednesday took part in the finale of the “Visa’s Everywhere Initiative”, a global innovation programme that tasks up-and-coming businesses with solving some of the most challenging issues in payments and commerce.

Vietcombank launched VCBPAY this week, a new service from the company’s Mobile Banking ecosystem.

Consumer credit company Home Credit Vietnam Finance Company Ltd on August 22 signed a deal with MoMo Wallet, the biggest e-wallet company in Viet Nam, to offer customers faster and more convenient services.

The Việt Nam Television Corporation (VTC), a unit of Voice of Việt Nam (VOV), on Tuesday announced that it has earned the right to broadcast all sporting events within the Asian Games (ASIAD) 2018.

Vietnamese hotel booking site Vntrip.vn has successfully raised funding from Switzerland’s IHAG Holding in a round that sees its valuation rise to US$45 million.

Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) and three Hong Kong banks on Monday signed a co-operation agreement on syndicated credit financing.

GoBear Vietnam, a metasearch engine for insurance and financial products, has three new products, home loans, home equity loans and car loans.

Bamboo Airways’ first flights are scheduled for October and the airline plans to open 37 domestic and international routes in the future.