With demand for cash surging ahead of Tết next week, banks in HCM City are finding it hard to keep their automated teller machines well stocked.

Total revenue from retail trade and services in Việt Nam reached an estimated VNĐ402.2 trillion (US$17.26 billion) in January, up 4.4 per cent month-on-month and 12.2 per cent year-on-year, the latest report from the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed.

Trung An Hi-tech Farming JSC in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has been exporting rice under foreign brand names for many years though it is itself one of the biggest rice exporters in Việt Nam.

The number of non-performing loans (NPLs) at many banks has decreased dramatically in the past few months, with some even posting a decline of more than half.

As car ownership in Việt Nam continues to rise and a higher volume of customers visit the service centre, expectations of the overall service initiation process have increased, according to the J.D. Power 2018 Vietnam Customer Service Index (CSI) Study released on Tuesday.

Việt Nam gained high growth of 11 per cent year on year in the forestry export value in January to US$903 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Việt Nam Administration of Forestry.

The retail prices of oil and petrol will be kept unchanged for the next 15 days, the ministries of Finance and Industry and Trade announced on Thursday.

Shares closed in a mixed note on Thursday as investors slowed down trade ahead of the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Mytel – Viettel’s brand in Myanmar – reached five million subscribers on Thursday just eight months after its launch. Mytel targeted to reach the milestone of 10 million subscribers this year.