Việt Nam News

The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) is set to maintain strong growth both in scale and quality, a representative of the bank told its Investors Conference while announcing its business results for 2022 in HCM City on February 10

HCM City is ranked among the top markets in the land price category for data centre development, experts said.

Real estate enterprises will continue to face headwinds in 2023 due to challenges related to accessing loans, issuing corporate bonds and mobilising capital, experts warned.

This year's edition will be the first to be held in Việt Nam and feature 250 booths by 150 domestic and foreign firms, COEX said.

The Vietnamese aviation sector is expected to fully recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of 2023 with an estimated 80 million passengers and 1.44 million tonnes of cargo to be transported by air this year, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV).

After a long period of remaining unchanged, the selling prices of construction steel products on the domestic market have increased four times since the beginning of 2023, especially on two consecutive days on January 30 and 31.

The proposal was raised in a draft report on the programme of developing laws and ordinances in 2024, which will be submitted to the Government for consideration.

China’s reopening of borders after nearly three years of lockdowns to combat the COVID-19 pandemic is good news for Việt Nam to increase the export of agricultural products.

Fiin Ratings attributed the banks’ negative results in securities trading and investment to the interest rate hike, the exchange rate uncertainty, the sharp decline of stock indices and the ‘freezing’ of the corporate bond market.

As the rainy and humid weather is expected to continue through the end of the month, it is predicted that demand for dryers and dehumidifiers will remain strong.

The dip in derivatives trading in January 2023 may be due to an increase of  the margin ratio and low sentiment around the Lunar New Year holidays.

In the past five years, the card market in Việt Nam has grown tremendously in quantity and quality. VIB is a prominent name because it is always leading in new trends, with new lines of credit cards which are bringing outstanding benefits to each group of customers, offering them a seamless, convenient, and safe spending experience thanks to modern card technologies in the world.

The market extended losses on Friday, with many stocks suffering from profit-taking pressure.

At the forum, representatives of organisations and businesses discussed issues considered key to stabilising the macro-economy, ensuring major balances, and promoting economic growth in the coming years.

The Sherpa Company Limited, a subsidiary of Masan Group Corporation, has received the offshore investment registration certificate to carry out investment activities in Singapore.

A conference on the development of Hồng (Red River) Delta region with the chair of Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính will be organised this Sunday in the north-eastern province of Quảng Ninh’s Hạ Long City.

The amendments to the PIT law would be studied and considered carefully to ensure the consistency with the tax system reform strategy to 2030, appropriateness to the socio-economic context, income and living standards of the people.

According to the SGI 2022 Benchmarking Results, the Vietnamese power utility ranked 47th among the 94 power companies from 39 countries worldwide, climbing six notches from the 2021 rankings.