Việt Nam’s insurance industry achieved high on-year growth of 24.35 per cent in the first half of 2018, helping total revenue to reach more than VNĐ58.65 trillion (US$2.55 billion).

The HCM Stock Exchange has announced the latest update to the blue-chip VN30 Index for the next six months from July 23 to January 1, 2019.

Sài Gòn Ground Services JSC (SAGS) will cancel trading of its 24 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on July 23, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange.

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Taisho has offered to buy more than 9.23 million shares of DHG Pharmaceutical JSC (DHG), 7.06 per cent of DHG’s total shares.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked ministries and sectors to review and submit their plans to cut 50 per cent of their business conditions before August 15.

Nguyễn Hồng Vân and her son bought a set of sixth grade books and notebooks and pens at the Thăng Long bookshop in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District.

Việt Nam’s exports of agricultural products are expected to face more challenges by the end of the year, so enterprises must follow market developments at home and abroad and improve the quality of their products, according to experts.

Shares struggled to maintain last week's upward trend on the two local bourses with a slight gain on Monday, experiencing strong volatility among big differentiation between large-caps’ prices.

The domestic steel production is expected to gain year-on-year growth of about 20 per cent this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Danang Centre complex in central Đà Nẵng City was one of 40 projects to have its licence revoked due to slow implementation.

Việt Nam’s Lilama Corporation has signed a contract to manufacture and install mechanical equipment for a fertiliser plant in Brunei.

Việt Nam’s budget carrier Vietjet Air has transferred its flight operations from Terminal T2 to Terminal T1 of Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport in order to meet the airport’s renovation requirements.

 Suppliers of foods to pre-schools in HCM City are scrambling to join food distribution chains due to fears that unattached sellers would have their contracts terminated.

Siemens has won a contract to supply electrical equipment for the country’s largest solar plant, which is being developed by Trung Nam Group in the south central province of Ninh Thuận.

A Vietnamese company has won a bid to export 60,000 tonnes of Japonica brown rice to South Korea, defeating competition from rivals of China, Thailand and Australia.

In the last 20 years Việt Nam has switched from being an agricultural economy to one of the brightest manufacturing hotspots in South East Asia, according to the latest report from Jones Lang LaSalle.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau will expand trade promotion activities in the second half of the year, with shrimp as its key export.

HCMC Securities Corporation (HSC) reported VNĐ325 billion in pre-tax profit in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year increase of 250 per cent.