Việt Nam News

Thiên Long Group (TLG) held its 2017 annual shareholders’ meeting yesterday, announcing a 15 per cent residue dividend from 2016 would be dispersed this year.

AIA Việt Nam and HSBC Việt Nam yesterday announced a bancassurance partnership.

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL Group) and Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Agricultural Joint Stock Company (HAGL Agrico) plan to hold their annual shareholders’ meeting on June 30.

Mekong Enterprise Fund III Ltd (MEF III) on Monday announced its fifth investment in Việt Nam.

Việt Nam-Italy Steel Joint Stock Company (VIS) plans to invest VNĐ1.658 trillion (US$72.7 million) in three projects to expand its production capacity, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Nearly 80 Vietnamese financial and accounting experts received International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) certificates from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in Hà Nội on Monday.

Việt Nam Pharmaceutical Corporation (Vinapharm) has obtained approval from Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) to trade 237 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM), under stock code DVN.

Samsung Việt Nam (SEV) last weekend sponsored water filtration systems for 10 pre-schools in the northern Thái Nguyên and Bắc Ninh provinces, with the support of four other organisations.

FLC Group has invested around VNĐ7 trillion (US$308.4 million) in central Bình Định Province, and its investment could touch VNĐ30 trillion ($1.33 billion) in the future, FLC’s vice-chairwoman Hương Trần Kiều Dung said.

Authorities in Đà Nẵng have launched a website at gopy.danang.gov.vn to get feedback on city services from the local community.

Military-run telecom group Viettel's 4G subscribers increased by 1.5 times following its official launch and reached nearly three million by the end of April, the company announced.

Việt Nam Competition Authority (VCA), under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, has invited concerned parties to a public consultation on anti-dumping tariffs on H-shaped steel products.

The Mường Thanh Hotel Group has launched a five-star hotel – its second hotel project in Đà Nẵng, part of a chain of 53 hotel projects and resorts across Việt Nam.

Việt Nam’s tourism industry recorded a successful year with VNĐ400 trillion (US$17.6 billion) of total revenue in 2016. However, the travel companies' profits are not commensurate with their revenue, vneconomy.vn reports.

At the Build 2017 developer conference held on Thursday, Microsoft Corp shared the first details of its next major update to Windows, the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

Eleven teams of developers from APEC member economies will be in Hà Nội from May 18 to 19 to participate in a 24-hour app challenge to build a new mobile or web solution to one or more key challenges faced by medium, small, and micro enterprise owners, who are interested in expanding their businesses through cross-border trade.

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) catfish inspection programme is not yet suitable for Việt Nam and more bilateral discussions are needed, the Government said on Thursday.

The Eco-Products International Fair 2017 (EPIF) opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City on Thursday with the theme “Green Technologies and Products: Actions for the Future”.