Việt Nam News

Total post-tax profit of 72 securities companies reached VNĐ2.137 trillion in the third quarter of this year, up 59 per cent quarter on quarter (q-o-q), according to the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX).

With an increase of 10 to 12 per cent annually in wine consumption in the Vietnamese market, it is an appropriate time to promote the export of Argentina’s wine to this Southeast Asia country.

Belarus will be the guest of honour at the 16th Việt Nam International Trade Fair (Việt Nam Expo) 2018, taking place from December 5 to 8 in HCM City.

On Wednesday, the Hà Nội People Court opened the first-ever trial in the case of 15 people who were charged with stock trading document falsification, stock price manipulation and fraudulent asset transfers.

The Việt Nam Business Association in Malaysia (VMBIZ) and the Malaysia-Vietnam Commerce Chamber (MVCC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday which is expected to create new incentives for business partnerships and economic-trade ties between the two countries.

The expectation of German businesses in Việt Nam is quite satisfactory, according to annual AHK World Business Outlook made by the German Chambers of Commerce Abroad announced on Tuesday.

The use of technology is considered one of the most important factors to improve the yields and quality of agricultural products and enable them to join the global value chain, delegates heard at a forum in HCM City on Wednesday.

Banking apps on cell phones are helping people in rural areas manage their finances. That was the message from Phạm Xuân Hoè, deputy director general of the Banking Strategy Institute at the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV).

Việt Nam may have to import gas from 2020 to produce electricity for the country’s socio-economic development, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) plans to tighten emissions control of vehicles in circulation and used import ones to curb air pollution.

Building HCM City into an innovative business hub in the Southeast Asian region will top the agenda of the HCM City Economic Forum to be held in the city next week (Nov 23).

Progress on deregulation of business prerequisites was still much below the goal, requiring greater cost-cutting efforts for businesses, the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) told a conference on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

The Việt Nam International Food Industry Exhibition opened in HCM City on Wednesday.

Cấn Văn Lực, chief economist of the Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam, a member of the National Financial and Monetary Advisory Council, speaks to Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Linh Anh about the his concerns over the revised draft law on securities, released recently for public comments and consultation from ministries and market players.

Authorities in HCM City and leaders of mould-making companies needed to use more advanced technologies and training, experts said.

Poor market sentiment amid a lack of supportive news drove Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index down for a second day to near the 900-point level on Wednesday.

Debts and non-performing loans of foreign-invested companies would now be also on the radar of the Debt and Asset Trading Company (DATC), Phạm Mạnh Thường, DATC’s general director, said at a Ministry of Finance press conference on Tuesday.

Việt Nam imported fruit and vegetables worth US$1.43 billion in the first 10 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 13.1 per cent, according to statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).