Stocks to struggle this week: analysts

Việt Nam’s stock market will be tested again this week, as pressure is placed on financial and energy stocks expected to suffer from macroeconomic factors, analysts told local media during an online interview late last week.

Boss loses major coffee firm to wife

The chairman of the Trung Nguyên Coffee Corporation JSC, Đặng Lê Nguyên Vũ, has lost control of the instant coffee company to his wife, according to a decision by the Bình Dương Province’s Planning and Investment Department.

4G to be licensed in the third quarter of 2016

Minister of Information and Communications Trương Minh Tuấn urged enterprises to send recent reports on 4G testing results as the Government had policies to accelerate the licensing for 4G this year.

Hà Nội to host ICT COMM 2016

Việt Nam ICT COMM 2016, an exhibition of information and communication technology products, will be held here from July 20 to 22. This was announced at a press briefing in Hà Nội on Thursday.

SCTV to broadcast using 4K standard

The Saigon Cable Television (SCTV) said it would broadcast television programmes using the 4K standard in Việt Nam this September, the first of its kind in the country.

Indian leather industry eyes huge VN market

Indian leather and footwear businesses have only recently discovered Việt Nam is a huge market while their Vietnamese counterparts import massive quantities of leather but little from India.

EU, VN firms discuss business opportunities

A European delegation comprising 30 business executives from environmental and water technologies companies met their Vietnamese counterparts in HCM City on July 14 to network and explore business opportunities.

Oil drags markets for second day

Vietnamese shares fell for a second day as energy firms suffered from lower oil prices and investors continued to seek profits in large-cap stocks.

Telecom firms should focus more on quality: minister

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phạm Hồng Hải has said telecom companies should grow substantially, offering better quality and customer care services, instead of just promotions and discount campaigns.

VN car sales surge 31% in June

Vietnamese people bought more than 24,400 cars in June, an increase of 31 per cent compared with the same period last year, the Việt Nam Automobile Manufacturers' Association said.

Technology vital for boosting agriculture

Inventing and applying new technologies has become an urgent task for Vietnamese businesses amid the country’s international integration, especially in agriculture, a conference heard in Hậu Giang Province yesterday.

Đà Nẵng invites investment

The central city promises to create smooth conditions and top priorities for Singapore's investors in the fields of high-tech, information technology, renewable energy and high quality education.

Firms and regions urged to register trademarks

Designing and developing trademarks for local products should be a long-term strategy contributing to the development of a national trademark, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade.

Profit taking pulls stocks down

Vietnamese shares retreated from a two-day gain as blue chips ran into profit-taking after recent gains brought some of them to their highest-ever prices.

Việt Nam might miss economic growth target

The Vietnamese economy may not fulfill the Government’s target of 6.7 per cent set for the full year, given uncertainties in the global economy such as Brexit’s impact and the Fed’s rate hikes coupled with slowdown in domestic industrial production, economists said.

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