Việt Nam News

Saigon Securities Inc. (SSI) was the biggest brokerage on the Hanoi Stock Exchange’s derivatives market last year with a 28.28 per cent market share, according to an exchange report on the derivatives market.

Vietnamese  Government expects Samsung to further give support on human resource training and technology transfer to the country, creating condition for Vietnamese part suppliers to take part in the value chain and become suppliers of materials and parts for Samsung, said Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng.

Việt Nam witnessed positive development in the real estate market in 2017 with increased transactions of apartments and reduction in real estate inventory.

The property market will continue to grow this year, the HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA) predicts.

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will re-arrange the organisation of its sub-units in 2018-2020.

Higher-than-target economic growth in 2017 was fuelling investor confidence in the Vietnamse economy in 2018 which would bring a lot investment opportunities, experts said at conference held on Friday in Thanh Hóa Province.

The finance ministry has announced 10 draft decrees that will guide implementation of as many free trade agreements (FTAs), drawing a roadmap to zero per cent import tariffs for many goods.

Shares declined after three days of growth as profit-taking pressure increased after a long rally.

Business performance of commercial banks is forecast to continue its upward trend in 2018 after making significant improvements last year, according to a State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) survey.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has asked the Ministry of Justice and the State Bank of Việt Nam to hasten and complete the legal framework for managing virtual currencies in Việt Nam.

The Hà Nội Department of Taxation has proposed to the municipal People’s Committee not to approve new projects or adjustments for property developers with tax arrears.

Regent Residences Phú Quốc will be the first six-star resort in Phú Quốc Island and will be completed by 2020, according to the project’s developer BIM Group.

The HCM City Department of Construction allowed developers Quốc Cường Gia Lai and Hà Đô to sell future properties at their projects in Districts 7 and 10, respectively.

The central province of PhúYên will organise an investment promotion conference on January 19 with the participation of some 350 foreign and domestic businesses.

HàNội Stock Exchange has allowed Garment 10 CorporationJoint Stock Company (GARCO 10) to list 18.9 million shares on Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on January 10.

The price of bio-fuel E5 was kept unchanged while diesel 0.05S and kerosene increased slightly by VNĐ360 and VNĐ495 per litre, respectively, in the latest regular adjustment of petrol and oil prices as of 3pm on Thursday.

Bảo Việt Group has announced total integrated revenue of some VNĐ31.2 trillion (US$1.5 billion) in 2017, increasing 21.5 per cent from the previous year and surpassing eight per cent of its set target.

Hòa Phát Group, a major industrial group in Việt Nam, produced a record volume of finished steel products --- three million tonnes --- in 2017, a year-on-year increase of 25 per cent, the group’s managers said on January 4.