Việt Nam News

The playground, as part of SCG’s commitment to local human development, costs nearly VNĐ2.5 billion (over US$100,000) and is designed to provide a safe and smart play space for the children, the company said in its statement.

Telecom operator Việt Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) reached a consolidated profit of VNĐ5.01 trillion (US$220 million), a year-on-year increase of 21 per cent.

The debut ceremony of Regent Residences Phu Quoc on Saturday attracted the interest of hundreds of participants in the first six-star hotel and resort on the island.

Lâm San Agriculture Cooperative in Cẩm Mỹ District, Đồng Nai Province, is negotiating with European partners to sign contracts to export some 1,500 tonnes of pepper to Holland and Germany in 2018, according to the cooperative.

Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SHB) has sold 98.47 per cent of its shares in its brokerage arm SHB Securities JSC (SHBS), equal to 14.77 million shares.

Saigon Real Estate JSC (Saigonres) plans to debut on the HCM Stock Exchange at VNĐ29,000 (US$1.29) per share, ending two years trading on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM).

The Investment and Industrial Development Corporation (Becamex IDC) plans to sell the shares left over from the firm’s initial public offering (IPO) in early December.

The digital retailer Mobile World Investment JSC (Mobile World) has reported that its 11-month post-tax profits reached 91 per cent of the full-year profit forecast.

The Vietnam International Bank (VIB) has issued certificates of deposit (CD) in Vietnamese đồng with attractive interest rates up to 8.7 per cent per year.

FLC Group plans to invest US$1.5 billion in hi-tech agriculture in Việt Nam in the 2018-20 period.

The National Payment Corporation of Việt Nam (NAPAS) and Discover Financial Services, Inc. (DFS), an American financial services company, signed an agreement on a card switching system on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

The Vietnam International Bank (VIB) has issued certificates of deposit (CD) in Vietnamese đồng with attractive interest rates up to 8.7 per cent per year.

The bank’s new strategic partners invested a total of more than VNĐ6.8 trillion (US$300 million) into the separate issuance of 14.26 million shares, equivalent to 20 per cent of the bank’s total share ownership.

Mobile Banking overtook other digital channels to become the preferred channel used by Citi’s Asia Pacific and Việt Nam clients in 2017.

Amadeus, a provider of advanced technology solutions for the global travel industry, said its latest research found that 71 per cent of Vietnamese travellers are open to sharing their data with travel providers for a more personalised experience.

 Eleven out of Electricity of Việt Nam’s 16 subsidiary companies in HCM City have stopped collecting power bills from consumers’ homes and are instead moving online.

BIM Group on Saturday will officially introduce Regent Residences Phu Quoc – the first six-star resort on the island – at a ceremony in HCM City.

The 9th Information and Communications Technology Awards were given away on December 20 by the HCM City Department of Information and Communications.