Việt Nam News

VNDirect Securities Corporation (VNDS) expects its post-tax profit to grow 31 per cent year on year in 2019 to VNĐ487 billion (US$20.9 million), attendees heard at the firm’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday.

Cars which provide passenger transportation services via ride-hailing platforms like Grab will have to have roof signs showing that they were “contract vehicles”.

Việt Nam's fiscal deficit will stay high at 5.7 per cent (including interest repayment) in 2019 due to delays in the divestment of State-owned enterprises (SOE) and lower import tax revenues, according to Fitch Group’s Fitch Solutions forecast.

The execution of guarantee for customs clearance will be piloted in 2021-22 in an effort to enhance trade facilitation, a customs official said.

Fifteen Malaysian firms are visiting Việt Nam to explore investment opportunities in the country’s car manufacturing industry.

The Government should impose strict punishments on the trade of counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms, attendees were told at a conference held in Hà Nội yesterday.

The Vietnam International Exhibition on Aesthetic, Beauty, Cosmetic, Hair, Nail and Spa and Wellness, known as Cosmobeauté Vietnam, opened in HCM City yesterday (April 18) with more than 200 exhibitors taking part.

Việt Nam’s tra fish (pangasius) industry has been urged to strongly improve its quality so as to compete with not only traditional rivals, but also its biggest tra fish importer – China.

The International Cooperative Alliance - Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP) in collaboration with the Vietnam Co-operative Alliance (VCA) is holding the 2nd Co-operative Registrars’ Forum on “Creating enabling legal frameworks and policies to promote sustainable development of co-operatives in the 21st century”, which opened today (April 17) in HCM City.

Shares declined further on Thursday amid rising investor caution, but foreign investors took the chance to increase their holdings.

The Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp has become the first locality in Viet Nam to export mangoes to the US, according to an announcement on April 18.

The domestic property market showed stable development in the first quarter of this year with the emergence of potential new property trading regions.

The State Treasury of Việt Nam mobilised more than VNĐ2.1trillion (US$90.17 million) through Government bond auctions on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) on Wednesday.

Sacombank and the London Metal Exchange recently organised a seminar on metals trading on the LME for customers trading metals such as aluminium, zinc, copper, lead, and tin, and having demand for commodity price insurance.

The Việt Nam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) plans to make a 26 per cent dividend payout for its performance in 2018.

Vietnamese enterprises need good trademarks to succeed in the global market, according to Lê Doãn Hợp, former minister of Information and Communications.

Việt Nam is one of Asia’s most vibrant property markets and a long-term strategic area for Savills. Mark Ridley, newly appointed Group CEO for Savills, spoke to Việt Nam News correspondent Thu Hằng about how to attract foreign investment into the Vietnamese real estate market during a visit to HCM City last week.

Greater effort is needed to boost Việt Nam’s national brand value so as to earn higher export value, attendees heard at a forum held in Hà Nội on Wednesday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade within the framework of the National Brand Week Programme.