Việt Nam News

Shares may continue rising this week as investor confidence increases at the beginning of the lunar year, analysts say.

The State Securities Commission (SSC) has issued new regulations on which Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) shares on the Premium list will be allowed for margin trading from April this year. This decision will replace existing regulations on securities margin transactions.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc issued a directive on Thursday to speed up the restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOE) during the 2016-20 period.

Last year the VPBank-owned FE Credit-Consumer Finance Services added 2.7 million accounts to take its total number of customers to 3.3 million.

Domestic gold demand is expected to surge sharply on Monday as Vietnamese prefer buying the metal to mark God of Wealth Day – the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

The Việt Nam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) will divest capital from the Maritime Bank, it has announced.

The VN Index on the HCM Stock Exchange yesterday retreated from its nine-year high as investors tried to take profits from stocks’ recent good gains.

The People’s Committee in southern Bình Thuận Province has given its approval in principle to the Đa Nhim-Hàm Thuận-Đa Mi Joint Stock Company for a project on Đa Mi Lake.

The total national index of industrial production (IIP) rose by 0.7 per cent in January 2017 compared to the same period last year, according to General Statistics Office data.

According to President of the Việt Nam Real Estate Association Nguyễn Trần Nam, housing prices are still far beyond the incomes of a majority of residents.

Northern Phú Thọ Province and telecom group Viettel on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build a smart city in the region in the 2017-20 period.

Tuna exports are expected to increase by 8 per cent this year to US$524 million, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters.

E-commerce is no longer an option that Vietnamese enterprises can ignore.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development plans to promote activities under the Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture in Việt Nam (PSAV), aiming at a sustainable and comprehensive agricultural value chain.

Việt Nam utilises 11 million tonnes of fertiliser annually and its consumption of local products is rising, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

The southern province of Bình Phước is seeking investors to inject more capital into its 13 industrial parks and spur industrialisation, the People’s Committee said.

Việt Nam’s trade deficit rose by US$100 million in the first month of the year after enjoying a trade surplus of billions of dollars in 2016.

Beverage producers have planned to produce about 4 billion litre of beer in 2017, up by 10 per cent from 2016, according to the Vietnam Beer Alcohol Beverage (VBA).