Việt Nam News

Since 2015, amendments to the tax laws have been causing negative impacts on domestic production, particularly of fertiliser.

Shares rose for a second day on Friday on the two national stock exchanges as investors increased bargain hunting for large-cap stocks after the steep decline since mid-April.

Việt Nam has seen strong development in co-working spaces in recent years, and the growth will be higher in future, according to CBRE Việt Nam, a foreign property consulting company.

Việt Nam continued to make a trade surplus of US$3.39 billion in the first five months of 2018, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Bảo Việt Securities Company (BVS) has set a target of VNĐ454 billion (US$19.91 million) in revenues and VNĐ143 billion, in after-tax profit, a company document recently revealed.

Viettel Group will apply new international roaming fees for Myanmar when it launches its Mytel mobile phone network in that country on June 9, 2018.

Online shopping website Tiki, said in the next three to five years, the company would decide whether to conduct initial public offering (IPO) or be acquired by another company.

The HCM City Integrated Circuit Development Programme and investment in minimal fab, a small-scale, low-cost method of manufacturing semi-conductors are vital to making HCM City a smart city, experts have said.

The Ministry of Construction has sent a document to the Prime Minister proposing to supplement a loan package worth VNĐ3 trillion (US$132 million) to resolve difficulties in social housing projects.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in real estate business in Việt Nam reached $806.5 million, accounting for 11.3 per cent of the total FDI, according to the General Statistics Office.

Members of the People’s Committee of Thủ Đức District and bank officials on May 31 discussed ways to connect businesses with banks in the area.

Eighteen Vietnamese and foreign auto companies will participate in the 2018 Vietnam Motor Show in HCM City next October.

HDBank has relaunched its Bach nien phat tai (100 years of prosperity) programme offering extra interest to several categories of depositors.

The People’s Committee of Ninh Thuận Province has granted investment licences to nine solar power projects worth more than VNĐ12 trillion (US$527.4 million). 

The price of cooking gas in HCM City and the southern provinces has increased by VNĐ18,000 (79 US cents) for a 12kg canister starting June 1.

The Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) said it has organised 19 auctions so far this year, collecting almost VNĐ10 trillion in shares.

The State Bank of Việt Nam has set the daily reference exchange rate for June 1 at VNĐ22,566 per US dollar, down VNĐ29 from the previous day.

Big Day, the online summer shopping promotion of 2018, has started at 12 midnight and will last until 12 p.m. today, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.