Việt Nam News

The VN-Index had a technical recovery on Tuesday as investors were still doubtful about the market’s short-term prospects

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) with Việt Nam’s Government Office and the Ministry of Planning and Investment kicked off the USAID Linkages for Small and Medium Enterprises project today in Hà Nội.

The Việt Nam Trade Office in Australia has sent a warning to enterprises about a packaging mistake on longan exported to Australia after the first batch was stopped at customs.

Vinh Thanh Investment Joint Stock Company, a member of Spain’s PSH Group, has held the ground breaking ceremony for the Huế Amusement and Beach Park in the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế.

The company on August 23 became the 17th securities firm to be licensed by the HNX to participate in the derivatives market.

Shares in dairy giant Vinamilk have unexpectedly soared by 4 per cent in the last two days after the company’s milk products were launched in China last week.

VI Fund II remains a major shareholder in Gemadept, holding more than 45.2 million shares, equal to 15.24 per cent.

Commercial banks have recently raised their interest rates for six-month deposits to a record high of more than 8 per cent per year.

From now through next February some 30,000 saplings will be planted around the country under a Unilever programme called “Ươm mầm xanh” (Germinate green seeds).

Shares of banks and property developers were the main factors that pushed the southern index up in the morning session.

The Vietbuild International Exhibition with the theme real estate, architecture, and interior and exterior decoration will be held in HCM City from September 25 to 29.

The People’s Committee of Quảng Trị Province has granted in-principle approval to three wind power projects with a combined investment capital of nearly VNĐ5 trillion (US$215 million), online newspaper baodautu.vn reported.

The organisation should develop a system that supports and consults enterprises resolve their disputes when selling products to other regional markets.

Sixty-two SOEs will cut State ownership to 50-65 per cent after being equitised such as telecoms groups Mobifone and VNPT, the Vietnam National Coffee Corporation (VINACAFE) and the Vietnam Cement Industry Corporation (Vicem).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) this year added fruit to its list of key export agricultural products.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ held talks with Senior Vice President and chief economist of the World Bank Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg in Hà Nội on Monday.

Many banks are auctioning mortgaged assets, mainly real estate, worth trillions of Vietnamese đồng to speed up the resolution of non-performing loans.

The final round of negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – a trade agreement between the ten member states of ASEAN and its six partners: Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea – will focus on resolving issues and reaching mutual ground on market openness, trade freedom for goods and services as well as investment.