SSI posts 32% rise in Q2 profits

SSI Securities Corporation reported a standalone pre-tax profit of VNĐ1.51 trillion (US$57.4 million) in the second quarter, up 32 per cent from a year ago, on revenues of VNĐ3.31 trillion ($125.7 million), up 13 per cent.

Market sentiment outweighs earnings in stock price movements

Since the beginning of the year, foregin investors have recorded net sales of around VNĐ80 trillion (US$3 billion) as global capital has shifted toward markets expected to benefit more from the artificial intelligence and semiconductor boom

Simplifying planting area codes for farmers and exporters: Deputy Minister

Shifting from a regulatory mindset to a service-oriented approach is at the heart of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment's proposed overhaul of the planting area code system. Deputy Minister Nguyễn Hoàng Hiệp shares te reforms aim to simplify procedures, accelerate digitalisation and strengthen the credibility of Vietnamese agricultural exports.

Loan disbursement for social housing remains modest

Nguyễn Xuân Bắc, deputy director of the SBV’s Department of Credit for Economic Sectors, attributed the limited supply of social housing and the small number of projects eligible for loans to the slow disbursement.

Chinese firms put Việt Nam on expansion radar

Tan Mingming, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Dezhou Municipal People’s Government, told Vietnam News Agency reporters that the city has spent years deliberately tightening its links with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with Việt Nam seen as a key partner.

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