Việt Nam News

VPBank on Thursday announced its scholarship fund 2018 with two programmes including "VPBank Talent" scholarship and "Home of Talent" with the total value of nearly VNĐ1 billion (US$43,000).

The southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is making efforts to develop high-tech agriculture so that it can grow high-quality products with high yields.

The transfer of State capital ownership of 19 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) to the State Capital Management Committee was complete after the committee received five firms from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Thursday afternoon.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement is expected to aid Việt Nam’s exports, especially textiles and footwear industries, when it takes effect, according to experts.

Transforming finance in the digital age was the theme of the 48^th World Chief Financial Officers Congress held for the first time in HCM City yesterday.

Japan and Việt Nam should deepen bilateral cooperation, not only in investment and trade but also work to improve relationships in the future, Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) Nguyễn Đình Cung told a forum yesterday.

The fisheries sector in Viet Nam should use seafood by-products such as bones, heads and skin to add value to the industry, experts said during an event held between Vietnamese and Norwegian fishery firms on Wednesday in HCM City.

Vietnamese shares extended losses for a third straight day as investor confidence remained weak and foreign selling surged.

FPT Corporation reported a net profit of nearly VNĐ2.66 trillion (US$114.2 million) in the first 10 months of this year, representing a growth of 19 per cent over the same period of last year.

A global start-up competition for Vietnamese innovators, VietChallenge 2019, launched on Wednesday evening.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has launched an iSCT app with information about department activities, including administrative procedures and business promotions.

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.