The agriculture sector, especially hi-tech agriculture, has caught the attention of domestic giant firms, such as Vingroup, Hòa Phát and Hoàng Anh Gia Lai, creating a new wave of investment. 

Tiên Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank) reported pre-tax profit of VNĐ707 billion (US$31.1 million) in 2016, posting an increase of 13 per cent year-on-year.

Nguyễn Hà Đông, creator of Flappy Bird, said he will provide funding for student projects, with a maximum budget of VNĐ200 million (US$8,810) per project.

An Giang Import Export Company (Angimex), one of the large rice export companies in Việt Nam, plans to focus on improving its rice quality and better controlling plant-protection residues to promote rice exports, especially to the US and EU markets.

With just three weeks to go for Tết (the Lunar New Year), the market for gift hampers has heated up with supermarkets, markets and shops offering a range of them to cater to both business and individual customers.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has set the target of credit growth at 18 per cent for this year while pledged to continue taking measures to control the credit growth so as to be suitable to the country’s economic development.

Shares rose for second day on Wednesday, boosted by strong gains in oil and gas sector, when investors continued to put their faith in the optimistic market prospect.

The prices of RON 92 petrol and bio-fuel E5 remained unchanged, while diesel price 0.05S increased slightly in the first regular adjustment of petrol prices in 2017 on January 4.

The Vietnamese manufacturing sector ended 2016 on a positive note, with the Nikkei Việt Nam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) coming second among the top three PMIs in ASEAN region.