Việt Nam News

The International Việt Nam Sport Show 2018 will take place in Hà Nội from November 15-18, attracting nearly 120 domestic and foreign exhibitors.

VNPT Media Corporation (VNPT-Media) and the Việt Nam Thương Tín Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Vietbank) signed a co-operation agreement on digital financial services in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Media network Yeah1 Group (YEG) has announced a two-for- bonus issue subject to approval at the annual general meeting.

The water heater market in Việt Nam has great potential the size of the market for the product is large, said Emanuele Giommi, general director of Ariston Thermo Việt Nam.

Huntsman Corporation, a US manufacturer and chemical company opened a multi-purpose facility at the Amata Vietnam Industrial Park in the southern province of Bình Dương on Thursday.

FrieslandCampina Việt Nam has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Natural Resource and Environment to continue the For Việt Nam’s Green Environment programme until 2021.

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.

Vietjet will pay the dividend for its shareholders on September 19. With a charter capital of VNĐ5.41 trillion (US$240 million), Vietjet will spend over VNĐ1 trillion to advance the first dividend payment of 2018.

Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded ratings for Hồ Chí Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank among other banks in Việt Nam.

Brokerage firm Yuanta Securities Vietnam plans to issue 70 million additional shares to raise its charter capital to VNĐ1 trillion (US$44.4 million) from the current VNĐ300 billion.