Việt Nam News

The market ended higher on Monday, boosted by gains in large-cap stocks, with foreign investors continuing to net buy on both main exchanges. 

Việt Nam's major telecom companies including Viettel, VNPT, Mobifone, CMC, FPT, Vietnamobile, and SCTV have announced a joint support package worth VNĐ10,000 billion (US$435 million) for consumers across the country. 

The European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has created a favourable corridor for trade between the two sides and brought new impetus to economic cooperation between Việt Nam and the EU, Nguyễn Văn Thảo, head of the Mission of Việt Nam to the EU, has said.

Vietinbank has posted positive business results in the first half of the year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has directed credit institutions to reduce some transaction fees from August 1 this year to support customers amid the outbreak of the latest COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) in collaboration with Amazon Global Selling Việt Nam have launched a programme to help small and medium sized firms set up their digital sales channels.

The first “zero đồng mini-supermarket” in Hà Nội opened on Sunday in the courtyard of the People's Committee of Đức Thắng Ward in Bắc Từ Liêm District, serving nearly 1,000 poor workers and students who are stuck in dormitories due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Twenty-two tonnes of Vietnamese dracontomelon - locally known as quả sấu - have arrived in Australia, said the Vietnamese Embassy's trade representative office in the country. 

Việt Nam’s export earning hit US$27 billion in July, down 0.8 per cent month-on-month and up 8.4 per cent year-on-year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO) on July 29.

Revenue in passenger transport in the period surpassed VNĐ5.81 trillion, generating a pre-tax profit of VNĐ13.7 billion, according to its financial results for H1 released on Monday. 

Supermarkets and shops in locked down areas in HCM City have an abundant supply of goods, according to the city's Department of Industry and Trade inspection teams.

Việt Nam had 8,740 newly-established enterprises with total registered capital of VNĐ122.8 trillion (US$5.34 billion) in July, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Việt Nam ranks 39th among 160 countries and territories, and third in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in logistics performance index (LPI), heard a workshop held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on July 30.

The Vietnam Dairy Products JSC – Vinamilk, the largest dairy company in Việt Nam, posted a record high in net revenue of VNĐ15.71 trillion (US$682.57 million) in the second quarter of 2021, a year-on-year rise of 1.4 per cent, according to its financial report.

The Prime Minister has approved the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s proposal to cut power bills for households for two months in provinces and cities applying social distancing, the ministry announced on Saturday.

HCM City has been working on a number of solutions to ensure its populace can access the abundance of essential goods available in other provinces amid the strict social distancing in place.

Amid strict social distancing across the country, the head of the agriculture industry told all localities to help facilitate both agricultural production and the trading and circulation of products and not to disrupt the supply in the near future.

Shares to move positively this week on significant growth of both scores and liquidity, brokerages said.