The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế has issued a decision to end the operation of 12 stagnant projects. Nine have been revoked and three put under special supervision.

Electric Power Trading Company (EPTC), an arm of Electricity of Việt Nam, and India’s Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Co Ltd on Monday signed a power purchase agreement for the solar power project SP Infra 1 Plant in Ninh Thuận Province.

Provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have invited bids for many large infrastructure works.

Foreign banks in Việt Nam have been expanding their transaction networks and increasing their charter capital in a bid to increase market share, especially in the retail banking sector.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked ministries and sectors to review and submit their plans to cut 50 per cent of their business conditions before August 15.

Việt Nam’s insurance industry achieved high on-year growth of 24.35 per cent in the first half of 2018, helping total revenue to reach more than VNĐ58.65 trillion (US$2.55 billion).

The HCM Stock Exchange has announced the latest update to the blue-chip VN30 Index for the next six months from July 23 to January 1, 2019.

Sài Gòn Ground Services JSC (SAGS) will cancel trading of its 24 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on July 23, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Taisho has offered to buy more than 9.23 million shares of DHG Pharmaceutical JSC (DHG), 7.06 per cent of DHG’s total shares.