Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) has ended its “12-year marriage” with Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), offloading its entire holding of more than 154 million shares in the Vietnamese bank.

Credit-risk management should be enhanced to make sure business information was transparent and reliable to improve Việt Nam’s trade, economic and investment conditions, according to Nguyễn Quang Thuân, CEO from data analysis firm StoxPlus.

HCM City’s retail sector has been growing steadily, achieving an 11.3 per cent increase by the end of 2017 compared to 2016, according to the city’s Department of Industry and Trade.

The 2018 Vietnam Blockchain Week will be held in HCM City in March to promote the potential of blockchain and 4.0 technologies.

To make your long-term financial objectives a reality, you must harness the power of compound interest/returns. Here, “Outside Looking In” explains why compounding really is magic – particularly for Vietnamese investors putting their money to work in the stock market.

Danish global machinery equipment maker DenimoTech and Vũng Rô Petroleum Company Limited yesterday signed an agreement to build a high-tech bitumen plant in the central coastal province of Phú Yên.

Revenue from the General Department of Customs (GDC) in 2017 hit VNĐ297 trillion (US$13 billion) last year, a year-on-year increase of 9.5 per cent and equivalent to a 4.3 per cent increase on the annual target. This was revealed at a press conference by the GDC in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Vietnamese automobile market witnessed an unsuccessful 2017 as the total sales was lower than in 2016 and failed to reach the desired growth rate.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said that international economic integration would be the focus of economic restructuring in 2018, requiring breakthroughs in negotiation, signing of free-trade deals and improving the legal framework.