The Nikkei Asian Review on Thursday released its second annual Asia300 Power Performers Ranking, a compilation of the most powerful and valuable listed companies in Asia.

The Bank for Investment and Development of Việt Nam (BIDV) has reported a pre-tax profit of VNĐ3.2 trillion (US$140 million) in the first five months of 2017.

The HCM Stock Exchange (HOSE) has approved the listing of Vietinbank's subsidiary Securities Company (VietinbankSc) at a starting price of VNĐ10,950 per share (US$0.5).

PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power), a subsidiary of state-owned energy giant PetroVietnam, will sell 49 per cent of its stake later this year, with priority given to strategic investors.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN)'s Power Generation Corporation 1 (EVNGENCO 1) produced nearly 12.4 billion kWh of electricity in the last five months, fulfilling 40.8 per cent of the target set for the year.

The multinational group ET Solar held a working session with authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ on Wednesday to seek business opportunities in solar energy supply.

The VNĐ/USD exchange rates saw little changes this morning although the US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates on Wednesday on the confidence in a growing economy and strengthening job market in the world’s biggest economy.

The national carrier Vietnam Airlines signed an agreement with the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Cyber Security, marking their co-operation on ensuring security and safety of information system on Tuesday.

Minister of Investment and Planning (MIP) Nguyễn Chí Dũng yesterday started answering questions on issues related to the mobilisation of capital sources from the society for development investment, the allocation and notification of investment plans with capitals extracted from the State budget.

The grievance handling mechanism in bidding needed to be renovated to ensure transparency and keep pace with the country’s rapid international integration, according to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Đào Quang Thu.

Vietnamese stock indices ended on a positive note on Wednesday, led by banks, insurance companies and agriculture firms on positive market information.

Vũ Chí Dũng, director of the International Co-operation Department of the State Securities Commission (SSC), discussed the need of the upgrade of the Vietnamese stock market to the emerging status and obstacles of this process on the Economic Focus news on Vietnam News Agency Television Centre (VNews).

The draft decree on conditions for auto manufacturing, assembling, importing, and maintenance and warranty business recently publicised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is stirring up concerns in general public and industry insiders.

Within the last ten days, pepper price has fallen from an already low VNĐ82,000 (US$3.65) to VNĐ72,000 ($3.21) per kilogramme, much to the chagrin of pepper farmers in Central Highlands provinces; yet they seem unfazed and continue to hold out for higher prices.

The Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s HCM City branch (VCCI HCM) and the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) yesterday (June 14) began a two-year programme for improving the quality of vocational training in aquaculture.

The HCM City Department of Taxation has sought a report from its offices by the end of this month on their implementation of its instruction to collect taxes from people selling merchandise on Facbook.

The Thủy Tạ Ice-cream Joint Stock Company will trade three million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on June 20.

Consumer lending by end May rose 29.7 per cent against the end of 2016, the National Financial Supervisory Commission (NFSC) has said.