The petrol retail price saw its highest surge so far this year on Saturday, raising concerns over unpredictable impacts to the economy and the possible increase of goods prices during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) Holiday, experts said.
Shares decreased significantly on Monday as selling pressure hit petroleum and real estate stocks.
Property developer Phú Mỹ Hưng Development Corporation launched a new housing project called The Peak in HCM City last week.
The State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) will put its entire stake, equivalent to nearly 255 million shares, in the Việt Nam Construction and Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Vinaconex) up for a public auction on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange in the fourth quarter.
Hotel room supply in HCM City in the third quarter of the year was down 4 per cent year-on-year to 15,800 rooms at 127 hotels, according to Savills Vietnam’s 3rd Quarter Market Briefing.
Trading liquidity of the derivatives market fell in September despite the number of trading accounts rising 9 per cent from August, according to the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX).
Non-performing loans (NPLs) of State-owned Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) kept at the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) have dropped by over VNĐ9.4 trillion (US$401.7 million) to VNĐ 9.59 trillion in the first half of this year, the bank’s latest audited financial statement showed.
Việt Nam imported 11,172 cars between January and September, up 5,142 units from the same period last year.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said Việt Nam would likely approve the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) at the National Assembly meeting this month.
According to a Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) official, pork supplies will meet high year-end demand around the holidays and the New Year.
In a short time, foreign funds have sold millions of shares of Mobile World Corporation (MWG), one of the biggest mobile phone and accessory retailers in Việt Nam, with an estimated transfer value of up to hundreds of billions of Vietnamese đồng.
Standard Chartered Bank continues to expect Việt Nam’s robust GDP growth of 7 per cent in 2018, driven by strong FDI-supported electronics manufacturing and rising consumption.
The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) will likely continue its tightened monetary policy in the remaining months of the year after its decision to strictly control lending to high risk sectors in the third quarter didn’t adversely affect the country’s economic growth, according to experts.
Overseas remittances to Việt Nam are expected to decline mainly due to global factors.
The People’s Committee in the south-central coastal province of Bình Thuận targets increasing by 1.3 times the coastal economic growth rate by 2020 against the current total provincial rate.
Price stability is needed to ensure sustained growth of the cashew market and benefits for stakeholders in the cashew value chain, delegates said at the 10th International Conference on Cashew in Hạ Long City over the weekend.
The use of 4.0 technologies and digital marketing provides a competitive edge as well as brand differentiation for companies, experts said at a conference held on Saturday (October 6) in HCM City.
A big drop on Friday has signalled Viet Nam’s benchmark VN-Index may continue falling this week as investors worry about global markets and earn some profits from local stocks.
Vietjet will launch its newest international route connecting the central city of Đà Nẵng and Bangkok on October 15, the airline announced last week.
