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Government approves two-year trial of P2P lending

April industrial production expands 24.1 per cent

Việt Nam’s index of industrial production (IIP) in April rose by 24.1 per cent year-on-year, driven by the positive impact of free trade agreements (FTA), according to the General Statistics Office.

Women purchasing more electronics

The percentage of women who buy electronic products online is nearly equal to that of men, according to an iPrice survey.

Masan net revenue up 13.3 per cent in Q1

Masan Group Corporation's consolidated net revenue increased by 13.3 per cent in Q1 to VNĐ19.977 trillion (US$862.53 million), primarily due to double-digit organic growth in its branded consumer and meat businesses and 178.2 per cent growth by Masan High-Tech Materials (MHT) due to H.C. Starck (HCS).

ADM’s Wisium expand premix offerings in Việt Nam

Wisium is the international premix business brand of ADM, offering millers, integrators and home mixers a strong and dedicated partnership with a unique focus on enhancing quality, productivity and profitability performance.

Việt Nam sees untapped potential for blockchain and AI development

Hosted by Edsolabs Joint Stock Company and Blockchain Developer Asia, the talkshow discussed AI and blockchain technologies in Việt Nam.

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Group acquires 49% stake in FE Credit

VPBank on Wednesday signed an agreement to sell 49 per cent stake of its FE Credit to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Group (SMFG) in a transaction that value the non-bank lender at US$2.8 billion.

Central Retail launches its largest shopping mall in Thái Nguyên

Central Retail in Việt Nam on Thursday launched its GO! Mall & GO! Hypermarket on Việt Bắc Street in Tân Lập District, Thái Nguyên City.

45 new COVID-19 cases reported on Thursday evening, including 6 domestic cases

COVID-19 latest update

VN-Index inches higher, foreign investors flee from market before long holiday

Shares ended mixed Thursday with the VN-Index continuing its upward trend on bank stocks while foreign investors fled from the market.

Central province debuts first Ngọc Linh ginseng plant

The central province has inaugurated the first-ever Ngọc Linh ginseng production plant – a major hi-tech processing factory combined with a seed and research centre – at Tam Thăng Industrial Park in Tam Kỳ city.

HCM City needs a push to become a global financial centre: conference

With a favourable business environment and rapid and steady economic growth, HCM City meets all essential conditions to become a global financial centre, a conference heard in the city on Tuesday (April 27).

Southeast Asia’s largest LPG underground storage facility to soon operate

A US$1.35 billion underground storage facility for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia with a huge storage capacity of 240,000 tonnes, is expected to soon become operational in the Mekong Delta province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu.