Việt Nam News

Shares were mixed on Monday as the rising selling force in the late session caused big falls in realty stocks.

Việt Nam wants to attract up to 50 per cent of the Fortune-listed 500 global largest corporations in the future, according to a governmental decree recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh on the country's investment and cooperation strategy in the 2021-30 period. 

As the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has been gathering comments on a draft on the minimum wage, insiders say the proposed wages are insufficient to make ends meet.

Nearly 7 in 10 Vietnamese consumers (68 per cent) would consider switching from their current financial services providers for a bank or financial institution with a stronger commitment to sustainability.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has been consistent in its policy to strictly control credit flows into areas with high risks, such as real estate and securities, and this policy will continue to be implemented in 2022 and beyond, SBV Deputy Governor Đào Minh Tú said at a regular Government press conference last week.

The central city hosted the Routes Asia 2022 forum on June 6, an event dedicated to accelerating the aviation industry's recovery across the Asia-Pacific region, attended by 500 delegates from 200 airlines, airports, and aviation service suppliers from 42 countries and territories all over the world.

Activities introducing and promoting litchi and other Vietnamese fruits at the Việt Nam Festival in Japan have attracted the attention of a large number of Japanese citizens.

Techcombank has received eight awards from the global payments technology company Visa for its achievements in 2021. These prestigious awards were presented to Techcombank by Visa in May 2022.

Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam has been named the “Most Inspiring Brand (Banking sector) in Việt Nam” in 2022 by International Business Magazine.

The report was conducted from an objective, scientific and independent research, based on the selection of qualified companies to rank according to four indicators - sales, profits, assets, and minimum market capitalisation of VNĐ500 billion (US$21.6 million) as of April 29.

Investments into 343 new projects topped over $293 million, double that in the same period last year thanks to five new projects of Vines Energy Solutions JSC in the US, Canada, France, Germany and the Netherlands, with registered capital of $34.7 million each.

The prices of meat, poultry and eggs are rising on the back of increasing production costs, but farmers are still suffering losses, local reports say.

Việt Nam is not only an exciting market for the application of Blockchain technology in the digital era, but also one of the leading countries in encouraging research and application of new technology in everyday life.

The total import and export value of agro-forestry-aquatic products in the first five months of 2022 has been estimated at US$41.3 billion, up 8.6 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The HCM City People's Committee wants the Government to increase the size of the proposed Phạm Văn Hai Industrial Park in Bình Chánh District to 700ha from the planned 330ha.

Việt Nam will need to optimise its internal resources to build an ‘independent and self-reliant economy’ while maintaining international economic cooperation to speed up economic recovery post-pandemic, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said at the fourth Việt Nam Economic Forum yesterday.

The market is forecast to face downside risks this week as there are still hidden potential selling pressures as the market surged to near 1,293 points on the VN-Index.

Two IT experts from Viettel Cyber Security, a member of Viettel Group, won the Pwn2Own Vancouver for 2022 held in Vancouver, Canada, the world’s leading contest in cyber-attacks.