Việt Nam News

As State-owned enterprises (SOES) have many functions in the local economy, they struggle to fulfil their main task of doing business, so they need solutions to improve business efficiency, according to experts.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index could breach the 1,000 point mark in the last quarter of the year after the Q3 corporate earnings season and with investors shifting attention towards firms with hopes for full-year earnings growth.

Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation will spend more than 14 billion yen (US$129.7 million) to expand its Thăng Long Industrial Park II in the northern province of Hưng Yên.

Âu Tuấn Long, CEO of King Bread Joint Stock Company, a chain of bakery products based in HCM City, said his company would sell bakery products via online sites in the near future.

Improving product competitiveness will help the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre take full advantage of the lower tariffs to be offered under the EU–Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), experts said at a seminar in the province on Friday.

A factory manufacturing mechanical products, machinery and spare parts was inaugurated at Phú Vinh Industrial Park inside Vũng Áng Economic Zone in the central province of Hà Tĩnh on Sunday.

The Vietnamese insurance market is heating up with many high-value bancassurance deals and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) unveiled recently.

Overlapping legal documents are a major obstacle in need of removal to help construction and the development of housing projects.

If there are no unexpected factors in the remaining months of the year, it is feasible to control the consumer price index (CPI) this year at a low level of 3.3-3.5 per cent, Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ said on Friday.

SSI Securities Corporation received two Asiamoney Best Southeast Asia Securities House Awards from Asiamoney, a leading finance and investment magazine in the Asia-Pacific, at a ceremony in Singapore this week.

Nguyễn Mạnh Cường, an official from the Institute of Energy’s Department of Electrical System Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, spoke with Vietnam News Agency about the implementation of the national power development master plan in 2021-2030 (or Power Development Master Plan 8).

Producers and suppliers of high-quality and safe agricultural produce and local specialities find it extremely difficult to sell to hotels and restaurants, a lucrative segment, authorities have said.

Going to old buildings to shop and have coffee and food has become popular with young people in major cities looking to find somewhere chic and attractive to relax.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index progressed to 1,000 points on Friday as financial, retail and technology shares were lifted by hopes for future earnings growth.

The second international conference on artificial intelligence research and recommendations for HCM City was held on Wednesday, attracting 400 Vietnamese and foreign experts and managers, including from the World Bank.

The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) opened “GOOD GOODS Japan 2019” in Hà Nội to create trade connections between Japanese and Vietnamese enterprises.

The global independent firm of Brand Finance has ranked Viettel, VNPT and Vinamilk among the top three of the 50 most valuable local brands.

Bamboo Airways, a subsidiary of real estate developer FLC Group,  is planning to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in 2020 to serve its expansion plans, according to the news site Bloomberg.