Vietnamese shares advanced further yesterday as investor sentiment was cushioned by recent strong recovery of the market and hopes for better corporate performances in 2018.

Retail price of biofuel E5 RON 92 was hiked by VNĐ429 to VNĐ18,672 (US$0.82) per litre from 3p.m Friday afternoon, according to the announcement by the ministries of industries and trade and finance.

By the end of 2018, the Việt Nam Asset Management Company (VAMC) must handle at least VNĐ140 trillion (US$6.15 billion) worth of bad debts it had purchased.

The auction of more than 5.5 million TPBank shares, owned by Mobifone, due on February 7 will be postponed, the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) announced.

Of 23 billion pairs of shoes sold worldwide in 2017, Việt Nam exported over one billion pairs, continuing to maintain the second position (after China) in shoes export.

Bilateral relations between Việt Nam and India have developed significantly over the past years, especially in trade, agriculture and food processing.

The first Laos Goods Week in HCM City will be held at Lê Văn Tám Park in HCM City’s District 1 from January 24 to 28, according to the Lao consulate in the city.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged Vietnamese firms to verify information of Thai business partners carefully to avoid being swindled.

Hải Dương Haid Company Limited, member of Singapore’s Haid Group, inaugurated an animal feed plant on Thursday at Đại An industrial extension zone in the northern province of Hải Dương.

The domestic market is forecast to bear an oversupply of pork, cattle and poultry meats for the Tết festival in 2018, while it may lack vegetables in some places if the weather is cold and unusually frosty.

Rồng Việt Securities on Thursday announced it achieved pre-tax profits of VNĐ138 billion (US$6 million) for 2017, a 125 per cent rise from the previous year.

The HCM Stock Exchange has announced the listing and trading of shares in Vietnam Electric Equipment Joint Stock Corporation’s (GELEX).

Casino establishments in Việt Nam must soon equip their venues with features like a working camera system to aid the Ministry of Finance (MoF) in supervising the casinos’ operations, as part of the MoF's plans to legalise casino activities for Vietnamese people.

Credit card holders will not be allowed to withdraw cash at card readers of domestic points of sale (POS) from March this year, says the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV).

Vietnamese shares bounced back on Thursday after Wednesday’s sharp fall sent stocks down to attractive prices, thus triggering investors to bottom-fish.

Việt Nam Nutrition Food JSC (Nutifood) signed a contract with Delori Foods International on Thursday in HCM City to export its milk products to the US market.

Việt Nam Rubber Group is expected to list its shares on the HCM City Stock Exchange in June or July after its initial public offering on February 2.