Việt Nam News

 Northern Power Corporation, under Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN NPC), signed a syndicated loan agreement worth VNĐ515 billion (US$22.7 million) last week for the period of seven years.

The Tân Thuận Industrial Park Company sold around 7.52 million shares of HDBank at an HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) auction last week.

YouTube has removed 3,000 clips with bad content, while Facebook deleted more than 600 accounts which forge or slander individuals and organisations after working with Vietnamese authorities.

Vietcombank has achieved 87.5 per cent of its pre-tax profit target of VNĐ9.2 trillion (U$$403.5 million) for this year by the end of June.

Telecom operator Việt Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has chosen Ericsson as a strategic partner to modernise its charging and business support system.

Construction of VTV Tower, which was expected to be the world's highest, will likely be put on hold.

Phú Nhuận Jewelry Joint-Stock Company achieved a pre-tax profit of VNĐ471 billion (US$20.7 million) in the first half of the year, up 54 per cent over the same period last year to meet over 62 per cent of its 2017 plan.

 Long An Province will direct relevant agencies to remove bottlenecks for businesses, including those from Taiwan, Trần Văn Cần, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee said at a dialogue with Taiwanese enterprises last week.

Hoteliers are attracted by Vietnamese rapidly growing tourism sector, robust economic development and infrastructure investments, real estate consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle has said in a recent report.

The Mini Thailand Week 2017 opened in Cần Thơ city yesterday, allowing people in the southwestern region to try Thai businesses’ products and services.

Vietnam Airlines Corporation earned syndicated revenue of nearly VNĐ43 trillion (US$1.89 billion) in the first half of this year, marking a year-on-year increase of 18 per cent.

National carrier Vietnam Airlines will move its operation from terminals T2 to T3 at Jakarta Airport, Indonesia, July 12 onwards.

GOAL German Operating Aircraft Leasing GmbH & Co. KG (GOAL) will finance Vietjet’s acquisition of four brand new A321 aircraft, worth US$464 million.

Hồ Tràm Project Company (HTP) and PetroVietnam Low Pressure Gas Distribution Joint Stock Company (PVGasD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a co-generated power plant worth US$ 63 million for Hồ Tràm’s own projects.

From July 5, customers of the Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV) can receive money transferred from other banks immediately with their ATM card number (16-digit card number printed on the front of the ATM card).

VietinBank Insurance (VBI) and PwC Việt Nam signed an agreement on strategic IT consulting.

Dole Việt Nam Co Ltd, a subsidiary of fresh fruits producer and marketer Dole Asia Holdings Pte Ltd, has named U&I Agriculture Corporation as the sole distributor of its bananas in Việt Nam.

More than 500 startup projects have been launched in HCM City over the first six months of this year, reported a recent conference of the municipal Party Committee.