Việt Nam News

Datamart Solutions, which provides e-commerce market intelligence and analytics services, recently won the Startup Việt contest for outstanding Vietnamese start-ups with its PowerSell.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN Index ended November with a volatile session with more than half of the blue chips closing in negative territory due to investors’ worries about the market’s prospect.

More than 121,200 new enterprises were formed in the first 11 months of this year with total capital of VNĐ1.23 quadrillion (US$52.63 billion).

More than 20 million shares in HVC Investment and Technology Joint Stock Company were officially listed on the Hồ Chí Minh City Stock Exchange on Friday. The shares, coded HVH, will be traded from a starting price of VNĐ15,600 (US$0.66) with a total listing value of VNĐ200 billion ($8.59 million).

Việt Nam’s export surplus is estimated at US$6.8 billion in January-November period, according to a report from the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV) affirmed all of its operations were stable, safe and effective while the legal and legitimate rights of customers and shareholders were being ensured following the arrest of former chairman Trần Bắc Hà.

Food producer KIDO Group announced on Thursday it has bought out Sime Darby’s 51 per cent stake in cooking oil producer Golden Hope Nhà Bè to become its sole owner.

The US Mission believed in building a fruitful partnership with Việt Nam that offered new and sustainable opportunities for both US and Vietnamese food companies.

The Red River Delta Industry and Trade Fair kicked off in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc on Thursday. 

Việt Nam was the fourth biggest market among ASEAN countries for German machine tool manufacturers, following Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, according to the German Machine Tool Builders Association (VDW).

Việt Nam's consumer price index (CPI) fell in November as the cost of fuel and a range of other products fell, a sign showing the Government’s target of capping the index at around 4 per cent this year was within reach.

The retail banking segment has contributed significantly to the national bank system’s revenue this year.

Việt Nam could face the risk of power shortage in the early years of the 2020s, delegates at a workshop in Hà Nội heard on Thursday.

Viettel Group has announced it is ready to trial 5G services next year and will launch them immediately after the Ministry of Information and Communications allots it the frequency. Tào Đức Thắng, deputy general director of the military-owned company, tells Việt Nam News about the preparations.

A comment made by the US Federal Reserve chairman on slower rate hike pace could not buoy Vietnamese shares from weak market sentiment.

The VNCERT’s statistics showed there had been 8,319 network attacks in Việt Nam as of the end the third quarter of this year, including 1,575 malware cases,  4,829 deface cases and 1,915 phishing attacks.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Việt Nam so far this year is estimated at 14.2 million, up 21.3 per cent against the same period last year, the General Statistics Office said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and Ericsson signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday in Hà Nội to establish an Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Hub.