Việt Nam News

The Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) eyes VNĐ308 billion (US$13.2 million) in pre-tax profit in 2019, up 0.3 per cent year on year, and VNĐ594.3 billion in total revenue, up 5.66 per cent year on year.

Cuba is keen on strengthening business ties with Việt Nam, a conference heard in HCM City on Thursday.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is working with Bình Phước Province to build a cooperative programme to attract investment to Bình Phước Province.

The real estate marekt of Việt Nam is seeing a strong wave of investment from Japan, Nguyễn Xuân Hương, general director of TMS Homes – a affiliate of TMS Group spoke with Vietnam News News Agency in an interview ahead of TMS Group's investment promotion to be held in Japan next week.

Toyota Việt Nam and An Phát Holdings Group (APH) are striving to increase localisation rate of plastic spare parts from current 30 per cent to 45 per cent.

The domestic sugar industry should restructure all stages of its production process towards diversifying products to improve competitiveness, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnamese shares swung to end Thursday on a positive note as investors shifted their attention to large-cap firms in the retail and insurance sectors ahead of their annual shareholder meetings.

The Việt Nam-Russia joint venture Vietsovpetro reported that its oil and gas production in the first quarter of 2019 surpassed its target for the period, vietnamplus.vn reports.

Malaysia has announced it will initiate an anti-dumping duty investigation on the imports of cold-rolled coils of iron or non-alloy steel originating or exported from four countries, including Việt Nam, China, Japan and South Korea.

Việt Nam’s economy will grow at 6.6 per cent this year, slightly down from last year’s 7.1 per cent, HSBC has forecast in a report it released this week.

Credit institutions in Việt Nam settled more than VNĐ204.4 trillion (US$8.77 billion) of non-performing loans (NPLs) by the end of the first quarter this year, said Nguyễn Thị Hồng, deputy governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV).

PM has issued a directive specifying solutions to remove obstacles to production and business activities so as to achieve this year’s growth target.

Vietnamese shares were almost unchanged on Thursday morning with low liquidity as investors were unwilling to buy stocks amid a lack of supportive news.

SSI Securities Incorporated (SSI) has re-claimed its crown on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) in terms of stock and fund certificate broking in the first three months of the year after losing it to Viet Capital Securities in the fourth quarter of last year.

Foreign financial institutions were eyeing up poorly-performing Vietnamese banks after being given the green light to acquire stakes in local institutions in a move to speed up the restructuring of the country’s banking industry, according to banking expert Nguyễn Trí Hiếu.

Vietnamese shares on Wednesday continued to lose ground and encounter fluctuations but the strong gain of oil stocks helped narrow market losses.

Exporters should step up trade promotion to boost exports to Taiwan (China), which imports large volumes of farm produce and processed foods, according to Vietnamese trade officials.

The 7th Vietnam International Broadcast & AV Show opened on April 3 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in HCM City.