Việt Nam is a key market for Nokia phones and it plans to expand in the market, HMD Global, which owns the Nokia brand, said.

Vietnam International Bank (VIB) yesterday released its unaudited financial statements for the first half of this year with positive business results in key indicators.

Liberty Insurance has been named among the top 10 non-life insurers in Việt Nam for 2018.

Over 50 students in the 15-18 age group took part in a five-day summer camp in HCM City and learnt entrepreneurial skills through a range of activities.

Chubb Life Insurance and Việt Á Joint Stock Commercial Bank have entered into a bancassurance partnership, with the latter  distributing Chubb’s life insurance products exclusively for 10 years.

The national carrier Vietnam Airlines has officially started accepting quick response (QR) code payments for its passengers from July 9.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Việt Nam (Vietcombank) has been named Việt Nam’s best bank in 2018 by FinanceAsia.

Cargill Cares Council, Cargill Incorporated’s international charity fund raiser, has mobilised over VNĐ6 billion for community projects in Việt Nam’s poor rural areas since June last year.

Military-run Viettel Group reported profits in eight of its 10 overseas markets including Peru, Cambodia, Laos, Haiti, Burundi, East Timor, Mozambique and Cameroon in the first half of the year.

Sacombank has waived fees for all transactions done by individual customers on its Sacombank mBanking app on the first two Saturdays of July.

Messaging application Viber on Wednesday launched Viber Community in Việt Nam, offering a chat space where up to 1 billion users can exchange messages and all kinds of content.

Most Asian companies, including those doing business in Việt Nam, believe it is becoming increasingly difficult to recruit international talent though 40 per cent (75 per cent in Việt Nam) plan to increase their international headcount in the next 12 months, according to a new report.

Vietjet has started operating international flights to and from Cam Ranh airport in the central province of Khánh Hòa at the new international terminal T2 this month.

Vinatex, the nation’s premier textile and garment company, reported a pre-tax profit of VNĐ394 billion (US$17.3 million) for the first half of this year, a 14 per cent year-on-year rise.

Alarmeow, a wake-up call application created by a group of young Vietnamese is now available at the iOS App Store.

Six Michelin customers have won a free trip worth 570 million (US$25,000) to the Thailand Formula One circuit at the Buriram Chang International course later this month in a lucky draw organised in HCM City.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has recently made several requests regarding the organisation of the Asia-Pacific Robot Contest 2018 (ABU Robocon 2018), scheduled for August 26 in the northern province of Ninh Bình.

The national carrier Vietnam Airlines will carry out Branded Fares Matrix (BFM) offering a comprehensive all-in-one service for passengers from July 2.