Vingroup co-operated with the National Payment Corporation of Việt Nam (NAPAS) to launch a promotion programme offering major reimbursements for customers who pay via NAPAS domestic cards issued by Vietnamese banks including debit, credit, prepay cards or VinID customer card. Customers can recoup up to 30 per cent of the value of their bill when shopping at Vinmart supermarket nationwide.

Despite a volatile market that caused stocks to drop in recent months, the prospects for shares in the three largest Vietnamese petrol retailers remains positive for 2018, according to Viet Capital Securities Corp (VCSC).

The HCM City People’s Committee has released a plan to boost its Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) as well as improve the city’s business and investment climate in 2018 and the following years.

 Nearly 10,000 members of the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association (VYEA) created three million jobs in 2015 – 18, the group reported at their sixth national congress in Hà Nội on August 27.

Hà Nội’s Department of Industry and Trade will launch the Hà Nội Promotion Month 2018 on November 9th along with a vote to award the most-liked Vietnamese brands. 

Local car maker Trường Hải Auto company (THACO) will introduce the BMW X2 model in Việt Nam, just one year after the vehicle first debuted at the Los Angeles Auto Show in the US in 2017.

Retailers, electronic stores and supermarkets are offering a myriad of promotions on National Day, September 2, to attract shoppers.

The central province of Quảng Bình should consider tourism-services, high-tech agriculture and processing industry as driving forces for growth.  

The exciting movement of the market on Monday morning was extinguished by selling pressure increasing in the afternoon, affecting many large-cap stocks.