Việt Nam News

Brokerage revenue fell at most securities companies amid the general market contraction as the total trading size of the whole market shrank.

The modern e-wallet market in Việt Nam is surging and is expected to reach 50 million active users by July 2024, experts said.

The proportion of wooden furniture imports from these three markets accounted for 22.9 per cent of the total value of wooden furniture imports into Australia.

Durian is being purchased by traders in Mekong Delta region for VND150,000-190,000(US$6.4-8.1) a kilogramme, three times higher than the same period last year and the highest level ever.

The market needs a period of accumulation in a narrow range to create a solid foundation before a new uptrend can be created.

Việt Nam is predicted to record a rise of 6.6 per cent in industrial production in 2023, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The National Assembly approved the public investment plan with a total capital of over VNĐ700 trillion (US$29.85 billion) in 2023, VNĐ140 trillion higher than the plan in 2022 and VNĐ260 trillion higher than 2021.

With its efforts to promote gender equality in the workplace and its value chain, Nestlé has been recognised in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) for the fifth consecutive year.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) might not increase its policy interest rate in the first quarter of 2023 after the US Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its rate by only 25 basis points last week while the Vietnamese đồng has strengthened against the US dollar, analysts forecast.

Vietjet Air saw an impressive recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic as it recorded a year-on-year rise of 175 per cent in net revenue to VNĐ7.35 trillion (US$313.4 million), and earned profit of VNĐ902 billion in the last quarter of 2022.

Vietnamese companies together with about 1,800 ones from 79 countries around the world are participating in the 11th edition of the world’s largest International Plastics Exhibition, Conference, and Convention - PLASTINDIA 2023 that is taking place at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from February 1-5.

The association reported that in January, the total export value of aquatic products dropped 31 per cent to about US$600 million, with revenue generated from major markets also falling by 56 per cent in the US market, 55 per cent in China, and 35 per cent in the EU market.

TPBank is due to pay a cash dividend at a rate of 25 per cent instead of a stock dividend like in previous years. This means that shareholders will receive VNĐ 2,500 (US$0.11) per owned share.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said the Ministry of Industry and Trade should take advantage of the free trade agreements (FTAs) that Việt Nam has joined.

The Ministry of Finance has conducted procedures to adjust and supplement the Government’s Decree 65 regarding the private issuance of corporate bonds, Deputy Minister Nguyễn Đức Chi said at a government regular press conference in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Currently, four undersea cable routes that Vietnamese carriers exploit, including AAG, APG, AAE-1, and IA are experiencing issues, seriously affecting internet connection traffic from Việt Nam.

But it locked a monthly gain in the first month of 2023 on back of foreign investors and strong rallies of financial and industrial stocks. 

Vietnamese coffee businesses are attending Laos’ Bolaven coffee 2023 festival which is underway from February 2-4 in the southern province of Champasak of Laos.