Việt Nam News

The market finished higher in the last trading session of the week as large-cap stocks gained points, while foreign investors net sold large value on both exchanges. 

The projects aim to build a power plant fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and an LNG depot in the southern part of the Vân Phong EZ.

Hitachi SE's renewable energy business expanded its market to Việt Nam by signing a strategic co-operation agreement with Trung Nam Wind Power Joint Stock Company of Trung Nam Group (TNG) in HCM City yesterday.

HCM City travel companies are reporting cancellation and rescheduling of bookings for summer amid the recent resurgence of COVID-19 across the country.

The number of patents granted to Viettel has increased by 142 per cent a year which is nearly eight times higher than the country’s average increase of 18 per cent.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed the Government consider policies to tighten exports of steel products to stabilise the domestic market amid soaring steel prices in recent months.

Hà Nội plans to turn the Long Biên inland container depot (ICD) into a modern logistics centre with a complete chain to meet the increasing demand for logistics services.

Exporting fruit and vegetables brought Việt Nam US$1.35 billion in the first four months of this year, up 9.5 per cent year-on-year, data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (Agrotrade) showed.

Despite Vietnamese companies’ total net profit growing 81 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, many still posted big losses.

Fitness, lifestyle and entertainment company CMG.ASIA and NRG Esports, one of the world's biggest professional gaming and entertainment companies, have announced a partnership to establish NRG ASIA, a new esports management and media company focused on representing Southeast Asia’s up-and-coming players.

A batch of boiler pressure components using waste to energy (WtE) technology has been shipped to a power plant at Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan after nine months of production at Doosan Heavy Industries Việt Nam (Doosan Vina) in the central province of Quang Ngai.

Exports of cassava and cassava-based products were estimated to be worth US$443 million in the first four months of the year, a year on-year increase of 23.9 per cent, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority.

German firms have expressed their optimism about Việt Nam's economy in both the mid and long-term in a survey released by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) on Thursday.

Vietnamese shares declined on Thursday, dragged by market heavyweights as selling pressure increased significantly towards the closing minutes of trading.

Nestlé Vietnam was awarded with the top prize as one of winners of the Việt Nam National Quality Awards in Hà Nội recently. Binu Jacob, CEO of Nestlé Vietnam spoke with Việt Nam News about the award and the future plans of the firm in Việt Nam.

With a total length of 750 metres and a width of 50 metres, the two terminals will be able to handle 160 TEU (3,000 DWT) vessels.

Vietnamese conglomerate THACO shipped another 50 semi-trailers to the US earlier this month, its second batch to the market after a first comprising 69 units in 2020.

The Ministry of Finance has rejected the Việt Nam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) proposal to continue reducing the registration fees for new domestically-produced cars by 50 per cent.