More Vietnamese consumers embracing digital payments: Visa

Vietnamese consumers are embracing digital payments as a faster and more convenient way to pay, with consumers using their credit and debit cards more often for in-store and online purchases, digital payment methods provider Visa said on Thursday.

 

Shares bounce back thanks to Vingroup

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index bounced back on Friday after a three-day decline, driven by solid performance of Vingroup and its subsidiaries.

Firms urged to carefully prepare for CPTPP

The country is facing fierce competition, even in the domestic market. Businesses therefore need to better exploit the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

A billion pairs of shoes exported

Việt Nam now exports 1 billion pairs of shoes per year and the nation is the second largest leather and footwear exporter in the world, according to experts at the Việt Nam Footwear Summit 2019 held in HCM City on Wednesday.

Stocks fall, dragged down by blue chips

Vietnamese shares declined for a third session on Thursday as the market reversed quickly at the end of the trading session, dragged down by blue chips in the banking and energy sectors.

VN attends international expo in Singapore

As many as 250 businesses from 28 countries and territories, including Việt Nam, are participating in the International Coffee & Tea Industry Expo 2019, which opened in Singapore on Thursday.

Thai group wants to invest in $8b gas-fired power project

Ninh Thuận Province has said it recently worked with Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development Public Company Limited on a plan to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) warehouse and gas-fired power complex in Cà Ná Commune, Thuận Nam District.

VinaCapital launches Fund

VinaCapital Fund Management Joint Stock Company has announced the establishment of the VinaCapital Insights Balanced Fund.

Chinese trade, export fair introduced

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry – HCM City Branch (VCCI-HCM), in collaboration with the China Foreign Trade Centre, held a conference on March 20 to introduce the 125th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) and a business exchange between Vietnamese and Chinese enterprises.

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