The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) announced its final price for 9 per cent of shares in the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) at VND144,000 per share (US$6.32).

The HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) has approved the listing of Việt Nam’s largest brewer Sài Gòn Beer, Alcohol and Beverage Corporation (Sabeco) at a starting price of VNĐ110,000 per share (US$4.89).

After a significant rise in the US dollar/đồng reference exchange rate in the past few weeks, the central bank this week cut it by 16 đồng to VNĐ22,121 per dollar.

The year will go down in the history of the Tân Cảng-Cái Mép International Terminal (TCIT) as the port handled its one millionth TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) for 2016, following six years of operation.

Viettel’s Customer Insights software took a bronze medal in the Research and Development category at the ASEAN ICT Awards 2016 held in Brunei on November 25.

The Finance Ministry’s State Securities Commission (SSC) was awarded the Independence Order, second class, during a ceremony yesterday on the 20th anniversary of its foundation.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) in November 2016 rose significantly by 0.48 per cent compared to October and by 4.52 per cent compared to the same period last year due to price increase in the food and beverage sector, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

Credit card service providers will have to compensate card owners for any probable loss not caused by the owners, starting November 28, 2016.

The deputy minister of finance urged the general departments of customs and taxation to further administrative reform efforts to facilitate businesses, which still have several questions about tax and customs procedures.