Securities firm SSI reports sharp rise in profits

Saigon Securities Inc. reported strong growth in the third quarter despite the securities market correction, with profits surging 227 per cent to VNĐ541.6 billion (US$23.16 million) and revenues by 53 per cent of VNĐ958.8 billion ($41.01 million).

Cargill opens largest feed mill in Việt Nam

Cargill on October 20 opened a US$28 million feed mill in Bình Dương Province to better serve livestock farmers in the south of the country, bringing Cargill’s total number of animal nutrition facilities in Việt Nam to 12.

Sacombank to move four branches north

Sacombank will open a branch each in Thái Bình, Ninh Bình, Nam Định, and Lào Cai provinces by closing four others in the south rather than getting new licences.

FrieslandCampina joins waste prevention campaign

FrieslandCampina Vietnam has taken part in a programme titled Plastic Waste Prevention in response to the Making the World Cleaner Campaign initiated by Australia in 1993 and launched globally by the United Nations Environment Programme

Vinamilk CEO gets lifetime achievement prize

Mai Kiều Liên, general director of Việt Nam’s largest dairy firm Vinamilk, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Forbes Vietnam as part of the Women’ Summit 2018 taking place in Hồ Chí Minh City on October 18.

B+H partners with Surbana Jurong

B+H, an architecture, design and strategic consulting firm founded in Toronto, is partnering with one of Asia’s largest urban and infrastructure consulting firms, Surbana Jurong Private Limited (Surbana Jurong) of Singapore.

Trường Thành Furniture wants $43m merger

Trường Thành Furniture Corporation will seek shareholders’ approval for a merger with another company which work in the same area in an effort to restructure the loss-making company.

Shops start Women’s Day offers

With Vietnamese Women’s Day approaching, the gift market is becoming busy and promises to offer a wide range of gifts and services to satisfy all kinds of tastes.

HDBank to refund 30% of women’s e-bills

HDBank’s women customers will receive a refund of 30 percent of the value of the bills they pay using its eBanking system from October 18 to 31 in case of transactions of at least VNĐ100,000 (US$4.28).

ViettelPay wins APICTA award

Việt Nam for the first time won a gold medal at the 18th annual Asia Pacific Information Communication Technology Awards (APICTA) held in China last week.

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