

VN stocks up on blue-chip basket shake-up
Vietnamese shares gained on Monday led by the banking sector following the shake-up of the large-cap VN30 Index.
Vietnamese shares gained on Monday led by the banking sector following the shake-up of the large-cap VN30 Index.
The prices of copra in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Bến Tre have dropped sharply in the last few days, worrying growers as Tết (Lunar New Year) draws near.
The GreenFeed Việt Nam Corporation will help the southern province of Bình Thuận build a chain of safe pork production facilities from now until 2022.
Digital content revenue was estimated at US$895 million last year, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).
Corona Casino Phu Quoc, which opened late last week, is the first casino in Việt Nam to allow Vietnamese to gamble.
South Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on Monday opened its third representative office in Đà Nẵng City.
A few years ago, Samsung – one of the world leading electronic companies encouraged local firms to produce spare parts for their factories. However, they were hard to seek for a Vietnamese supplier which could meet the criteria for even simple components like screws, chargers and keyboards.
The global rubber price has increased sharply in recent weeks, benefiting the share prices of Vietnamese producers on the stock market.
Việt Nam’s stock market is set for unpredictable short-term movement, as both local indexes witnessed a choppy trading week last week, on low liquidity and weak cash flow.
BP Solar 1 solar power plant in the south central province of Ninh Thuận was inaugurated on Sunday, becoming the first Vietnamese-constructed solar power project to be connected to the national grid.
The first meeting of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Commission ended in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday with a joint statement adopted by ministers in charge of economy and trade from 10 member nations.
The Việt Nam Pangasius Association will this year focus on improving broodstock quality and expanding export markets, its chairman has said.
Việt Nam and Hong Kong should promote investment, trade and service flows between the two sides to take advantage of a diversion of trade from China amid escalating tension between the US and China, a banking official said yesterday.
A recent report by the Việt Nam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) revealed that the bandwidth for 4G in Việt Nam is lower than in many other countries.
The Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) may include stocks of four listed companies in its coming large-cap VN30 Index review.
The digital age offers opportunities for the world economy, creating new business models, which helps boost global GDP.
The garment and textile sector was forecast to suffer the most from goods origin regulations under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), said Bùi Kim Thùy, the country representative for Việt Nam at the US-ASEAN Business Council.
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) need to make a breakthrough in equitisation and divestment, said Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ during a conference in Hà Nội on Friday.
“Sơn La Province’s Strawberry and Safe Agricultural Products 2019” is launched on Friday in supermarket Big C Thăng Long in Hà Nội. This is the first trade promotion activity of the province this year.