Việt Nam News

Thanh Bình Co-operative’s dragon fruit and Bến Tre Green Pomelo Cooperative’s pink lady pomelo have hit shelves at supermarkets and fruit shops and a juice company in Canada.

Việt Nam’s benchmark VN-Index gave up early gains despite the strong growth of financial-banking stocks as profit taking strengthened at 930 points.

Steel maker Hoa Sen Group (HSG) reported an estimated post-tax profit of VNĐ400 billion (US$17.3 million) in the fourth quarter of the 2019-2020 fiscal year, 4.8 times higher than last year.

Đà Nẵng has commenced construction of the city's second software park, aiming to boost the key export industry and build Đà Nẵng into a ‘smart city’ in 2025.

Some commercial banks have started to release business results from the first nine months of this year.

Leading experts discussed the role collaborative robots (cobots) in the future manufacturing industry throughout Asia-Pacific at an online congress, entitled “Meet the Cobot Leaders”, early this week.

Under the circular, there would be no “Made in Viet Nam” marks on Vietnamese goods circulating in the domestic market.

Individuals will no longer be allowed to invest in real estate abroad if a new draft decree issued by the Ministry of Planning and Investment is approved.

Leading insurer PVI Insurance Corporation has made it to Profit500 list.

The "Cặp lá yêu thương" (A Beloved Couple of Leaves) charity volunteer programme has mobilised VNĐ52 billion (US$216,000) from more than 12,000 sponsors nationwide in the past five years.

As of September 30, 2020, the bank's total assets reached over VNĐ213 trillion while its credit over VNĐ151 trillion, up 14.2 per cent year-over-year, tripled the industry average, according to the data. 

Up to 400 pavilions will be set up at the Hà Nội Gift Show 2020, scheduled for October 15-18, heard a press conference held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade late last week.

A new decree released by the Government will allow State-owned commercial banks to save cash to increase their strength instead of paying dividend to shareholders.

With its annual growth of 12-14 per cent, the logistics sector, especially seaports, is becoming attractive to both domestic and foreign investors, experts said.

The Government's 30 per cent corporate income tax cut was a step in the right direction but it could have been more inclusive by offering support to small businesses that were in desperate need of cash due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, said business leaders and industry experts. 

More than half of companies in Việt Nam have been adopting international financial reporting standards to meet investors’ expectations and improve their corporate governance

The Việt Nam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has reported that nine-month oil output surpassed its target by 9.4 per cent, reaching 8.64 million tonnes ending September.

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