Việt Nam News

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), a world leader in accountancy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four local universities to offer a certificate course.

PetroVietnam Insurance (PVI) estimated pre-tax profit at VND730 billion (US$32.2 million) this year, exceeding the yearly plan by nearly 43 per cent, Vu Van Thang, PVI deputy general director, said.

Việt Nam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) is the first bank to announce a Tết bonus for its employees, amounting to up to seven months of their salary.

More than 150 enterprises will showcase their products at the Vietnam International Fashion Fair 2016, which open its doors on December 21 at Ha Noi's International Centre of Exhibition.

Tima, a Vietnamese peer-to-peer (P2P) lending tech platform, has successfully gathered Series A funds from a Singaporean investor.

Local carmaker Truong Hai Automobile JSC (Thaco) has asked ministries to give it preferential policies on taxes for the import of auto components.

Sài Gòn Thương Tín Real Estate Trading and Service One-Member Limited Liability Company (Sacomreal-S), a real-estate transaction company, has opened a representative office in Hà Nội at the Royal City Trade Centre in Thanh Xuân District.

The five-star JW Marriott Phú Quốc Emerald Bay resort opened its doors to the public last week.

Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) on December 20 inaugurated the Lai Chau hydro-electricity plant in Nam Nhun District in the northern mountain province of Lai Chau.

Ha Noi People's Committee has registered to offload its entire stake of over eight million shares in furniture maker Xuan Hoa Viet Nam Joint Stock Company on December 20-30.

Việt Nam Sea Products Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Seaprodex) will trade all its125 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on December 23.

PV Trans has witnessed the highest growth in production and business results over 14 years of building and developing the corporation, converting an enterprise facing several difficulties into a success business, PV Trans general director Phạm Việt Anh has said.

Korean strawberries have officially been licensed to be imported into Việt Nam by aT Centre Hà Nội, under the Korea Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

PJ’s Coffee, a US chain, has opened its second outlet in HCM City on Nguyen Co Thach Street in District 2.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has opened a general sales agent in Prague, the Czech Republic, a step to prepare for opening a direct route from Hà Nội to Prague in the near future.

Russia and Viet Nam’s oil and gas exploration joint venture, Vietsovpetro, will ship ashore around 1.6 billion cu.m of gas this year, 27 per cent more than its annual target.

THAI event-management company Index Creative Village has secured a five-year agreement with Vietnamese government and tourism bodies to develop unoccupied areas of Hoi An into a world-class economic-tourism city, aiming to generate at least Bt100 million during the life of the contract.