Việt Nam News

Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) plans to sell more than 158 treasury shares to foreign investors.

Over 2,000 Honda cars from Thailand—the  first batches of cars to enjoy zero per cent import duty under the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA)—have been imported to Việt Nam.

Market trading liquidity of the derivatives market reached a record high in February since it started operating in August 2017, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX).

Vietnamese export companies will have opportunities to set up distribution channels in the Middle East thanks to a market research programme launched by the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre in HCM City and the Vietnamese Embassy’s Commercial Affair Office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Although the VN-Index didn’t hit the short-term target of 1,130 points last week as expected, it has nevertheless maintained its upward trend and is forecast to open next week’s session with positive status.

The Sa Giang Import and Export Joint Stock Company has reported a net profit of VNĐ30.5 billion ($1.34 million) on a turnover of VNĐ290.7 billion (US$12.8 million) last year.

Commercial banks have adjusted their service fees to individual customers since beginning of the year in order to focus on the retail segment.

Demand for industrial land around the country is expected to increase thanks to significant growth in terms of both industrial production and FDI.

Việt Nam wants to boost investment with India in the fields of information-technology, biotechnology, renewable energy,  building machinery, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electricity, oil and gas, and agro-fishery processing.

 Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism (MIST) Startup Accelerator will extend its application deadline for Vietnamese startups until March 24.

The total revenue from retail goods and services reached VNĐ704 trillion (US$30.88 billion) in the first two months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 10.1 per cent.

Canon Inc announced that it has signed a basic partnership agreement to become a sponsor of the 2018 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.

After terminating the application of a 50 per cent promotion for prepaid subscribers from March 1, mobile call rates between operators will be decreased from May 1.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Vĩnh Long has set itself an aquaculture production target for this year of more than 112,500 tonnes worth VNĐ2.45 trillion (US$107.67 million).

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises account for nearly 97 per cent of the total number of businesses in HCM City, with more than 90 per cent of newly established ones every year belong to this category.

 A number of listed companies risk being forced to leave the stock market after they reported losses for three consecutive years.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will raise its targets in production and business for this year, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hà Công Tuấn at the ministry’s monthly meeting on Friday in Hà Nội.

Up to US$291 million was poured into Vietnamese start-ups last year, a year-on-year increase of 42 per cent, according to a recent report by Topica Founder Institute (TFI).