Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has given permission to enterprises to import 89,500 tonnes of sugar by conducting an auction this year.

British insurance firm Aviva has acquired 50 per cent stake in domestic insurance firm Vietinbank Aviva from the Việt Nam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank).

Quảng Nam Province has begun construction of the Hội An Royal Residences project, with total investment of VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.2 million) in Cẩm An Commune in the suburbs of Hội An City.

Vietjet also aims to earn VNĐ3.39 trillion in after-tax profit, 36 per cent higher than last year’s figure

IBM and Five9 Việt Nam announced on Thursday they would work together on cloud services to bring cognitive computing to enterprises and organisations in Việt Nam.

Việt Nam has a population of more than 90 million with rising incomes and amid the Southeast Asian country’s rapid and deep integration into the global economy together with the growing competition in the retail industry, placing customers at the heart of business to understand their needs and building trust will be vital for retailers, CEO of health and beauty retail chain Guardian Pawin Sriusvagool shared with Việt Nam News.

"We have made continuous improvements to our existing product portfolio, developed new products, and simplified processes to provide competitive financial services and products to best meet customers’ needs,” the bank said in its statement.

The Vietnam Airlines Group earned syndicated revenue of VNĐ20.4 trillion (US$895.1 million) in the first quarter of this year, reaching 23.8 per cent of its yearly target.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ on Tuesday appreciated Paris-based BNP Paribas bank’s recommendations as significant to the Vietnamese Government in making and refining policies and laws pertaining to equitisation and divestment at State-owned enterprises (SoEs).

Over past years, Vietjet has been seeking dynamic and customer-focussed candidates to be qualified as the airline’s friendly and professional flight attendants, in order to keep pace with the rapid development and expansion of its domestic and international networks.

In the first quarter of this year, Vinachem focussed on enhancing its production capacity, accelerating exports while speeding up implementation of its under-way projects.

Phú Nhuận Jewelry Joint-Stock Company reported a pre-tax profit of VNĐ308 billion (US$13.5 million) in the first quarter, a 105 per cent rise over the same period last year.

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, inaugurated its US$45 million manufacturing plant in HCM City’s Sài Gòn Hi-tech Park on Tuesday.

DongA Bank has consistently delivered a steady performance under the State Bank of Việt Nam’s special supervision, helping it recoup non-performing loans (NPLs) worth VNĐ504 billion (US$22.1 million in Q1 2017.

A wide range of products, technologies and services used in the cosmetics, beauty, hair, and spa industries are on display at the 2017 Cosmobeaute Vietnam, the biggest beauty trade exhibition in the Indochina region, which opened yesterday (April 18) in HCM City.

The Saigon Union of Trading Co-operatives (Saigon Co-op) on Tuesday broke ground for construction of the Co.opmart Chư Sê supermarket on Hùng Vương Street in Gia Lai Province’s Chư Sê District.

The Việt Nam Competition Authority (VCA), under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), has confirmed its receipt of domestic fertiliser companies’ petition to apply trade defence instruments on fertiliser imports.