Việt Nam News

Nguyễn Kim Investment and Development Joint Stock Company (Nguyễn Kim Holdings) has submitted a public bid to purchase more than 2.1 million shares of Lâm Đồng Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company, aiming to control the drug maker.

Mobile World Investment Corporation will issue 107.6 million shares to pay shareholders dividends at a rate of 3:1 after achieving positive business results.

The website www.gcaeco.vn, an online marketplace for agricultural products and clean food, was officially launched in Hà Nội on Wednesday as part of the Global Clean Agriculture (GCA) project.

Taiwan has announced it is lifting a temporary ban on the import of animal oils and fats from Việt Nam starting on January 1, 2019, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia – Africa Market Department.

New data from EuroCham’s Business Climate Index (BCI) has revealed that European business leaders remain positive about doing business in Việt Nam.

The third Việt Nam Rice Festival to be held in Long An Province from December 18 to 24 will seek to honour and promote Vietnamese rice in the global market, organisers said on November 6.

Bình Thuận has called for preferential solar power prices to be extended to the end of 2020 instead of June 30, 2019.

The southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu has set a goal to develop logistics into a major service sector with a focus on the development of seaports.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Việt Nam’s joining Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. Economist Võ Trí Thành reviews the 20 year long journey of Việt Nam, highlighting the country’s benefits brought by the integration as well as imprints it has left as a responsible, active member.

Equitisation and divestment were key tasks for restructuring State-owned enterprises (SOEs), said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Văn Hiếu.

Shares no longer maintained a positive momentum at the end of Tuesday’s session due to the sudden increase in selling pressure, pushing a series of large cap stocks down, especially banking and oil stocks.

The prices of pork in the country would continue on the rise in the upcoming months due to African swine fever - the most devastating diseases affecting pigs and increasing local demand.

Securities companies maintained their buy status in October despite a strong market decline.

The southern province of Bình Thuận recently decided to revoke eight tourism projects in Hàm Thuận Nam District due to delayed implementation.

The Malaysia Vietnam Offshore Terminal (MVOT), a joint venture between PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp and Malaysia’s MIBS Bhd, has won a US$176 million contract to provide equipment for Idemitsu Kosan to develop the Sao Vàng-Đại Nguyệt gas project.

The Hà Nội Promotion Agency (HPA) and Hòa Bình Province Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on Monday signed an agreement to promote the distribution of safe farm produce of Hòa Bình Province in the capital city.

The retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 fell by VNĐ1,082 to trade at a maximum of VNĐ19,600 (US$0.84) per litre at 3pm today, the Ministries of Industry and Trade and Finance announced.

Vinfast Manufacturing and Trading Company Limited, a subsidiary of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, on Monday announced a new introductory price policy named ‘Three Zero’ for its electric vehicles.