Vietnamese automaker VinFast is continuing its planned expansion into the US with a $2-billion plant in North Carolina, as well as shifting its legal and financial headquarters to Singapore ahead of a potential public listing.
Việt Nam’s stock market is still cheap at 11.5 times forward P/E and expectations of EPS growth of over 20 per cent this year compared to an average P/E of 16.2 for its emerging market ASEAN peers.
Vietnamese shares ended the week on a negative note, dragged by banking and securities stocks.
After the proposal to cut the petrol price stabilisation fund and import tax, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced plans to cut the environmental tax on fuel.
Statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade revealed that Việt Nam exported US$2.24 billion worth of goods to Africa in 2021, up 20.4 per cent year-on-year. The country's exports to the bloc in the first five months of 2022 saw a modest yearly decline of 3 per cent to $1.15 billion.
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