Việt Nam News

Wink Hotel Saigon Centre, the first of 20 Wink Hotels to be developed by Indochina Kajima, has been recognised as the Best Green Development at the 2021 MIPIM Asia Awards and Best Architecture Design Hotel in Việt Nam 2021 at the International Travel Awards.

HCM City seeks an investment mechanism to install solar power systems on the roofs of headquarters of administrative agencies and public units.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in coordination with the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) on November 10 organised a virtual seminar on the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) from the law-making perspective.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc highly appreciated APEC’s role over the past three decades, noting that it has not only been serving as a driver for global growth, facilitating trade and investment, but also playing a pioneering role in responding to natural disasters, developing clean energy, preserving biodiversity, and stepping up trade in environmental goods

As many as 55 per cent of surveyed German enterprises in Việt Nam expressed their confidence in positive development next year, according to the AHK World Business Outlook 2021 released by the Delegate of German Commerce and Industry in Việt Nam.

A concessional loan worth 70 million EUR (US$81 million) without government guarantee for the expanded Hòa Bình Hydropower Plant Project was inked on Wednesday between the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) group and the French Development Agency (AFD).

The seafood industry expects that the Government's support policies will go a long way towards helping businesses restore production and export activities as the end of the year approaches, after the latest outbreak of COVID-19 stemmed business activities.

Việt Nam's stock market rebounded slightly on Wednesday thanks to the growth of petroleum stocks but the decline of large-caps in the banking group curbed the rise of indices.

PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV GAS) has become one of the five businesses with market capitalisation of over 10 billion USD in November.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is developing measures to ensure the supply of goods for the Lunar New Year in 2022 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Trần Duy Đông, Director of MoIT's Domestic Market Department, speaks with Vietnam News Agency about this issue.

Many retailers in HCM City have adapted after strict social distancing measures, combining local and foreign brands.

Sacombank has issued 5,000 bonds to professional securities investors in a private placement to raise VNĐ5 trillion (US$219.9 million).

The internal strength and competitiveness of Việt Nam’s industry are poor while its added value also remains low. The local industry still largely depends on on foreign resources such as foreign direct investment capital, spare parts and components, said deputy minister of Industry and Trade Đỗ Thắng Hải.

Kurz International Holdings GMBH from Germany has been granted an investment licence for a hi-tech coating and thin film project worth US$40 million at the Becamex Việt Nam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in Bình Định.

Output contraction is an inevitable part of exploiting finite oil and gas fields worldwide. In Việt Nam, most of the active fields have been exploited since 1986.

During the event, Hoàng Linh - VIB Deputy Chief Financial Officer shared insightful business information of the bank with impressive figures in the nine-month period such as return on equity at 29.3 per cent, helping VIB maintain the leading position among the top efficient banks in the industry and the strong profit growth of 33 per cent, exceeding VNĐ5.3 trillion (US$228 million) with the motivation from sustainable income sources.

Vũ Phong Energy Group has been named EPC Company of the Year at the international Solar Future Awards 2021.

Việt Nam's benchmark VN-Index is expected to fluctuate in a range of 1,380-1,480 points in November, boosted by higher vaccination coverage, recovery of the economy and stimulus packages.