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Shares finish lower due to profit-taking

The sign of the urban area Vinhomes Riverside in Sài Đồng Commune, Long Biên District, Hà Nội. — Photo cafef.vn HÀ NỘI – The market edged lower yesterday as strong selling force weighed on many pillar stock groups, while foreign investors kept fleeing from the two main exchanges.  On the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), […]


Mobifone wins five prizes at International Business Awards 2021

  The MobiEdu Platform connects many teachers and students during the COVID-19 pandemic. — Photo courtesy of MobiFone HÀ NỘI — Telecom provider Mobifone won prizes for its five products at the 18th International Business Awards (IBA) 2021. It received Gold Stevie Winner for MobiEdu Platform, Silver Stevie Winner for telephone operator monitoring system and three […]


Transport ministry directs to ease operation of seaports amid pandemic

Dispatch on COVID-19 pandemic prevention at offices sent to agencies PM asks localities to ensure support for residents amid COVID-19 Vaccine diplomacy set to be active, cooperative, innovative, effective Intensive care unit for COVID patients opens in Mekong Delta Freelance illustrator portrays pandemic memories in paintings   The implementation of social distancing to prevent and control the […]


Work on expanded Điện Biên airport to start in December: ACV

  A Vietnam Airlines plane at Điện Biên airport. — VNS dienbientv.vn HÀ NỘI — Construction of the expanded Điện Biên airport project is scheduled to begin in December 2021 and finish in the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV). The construction process will last 30 months, four […]


Việt Nam’s tea exports to Australia surge

  Farmers harvest tea leaves in Tuyên Quang Province. Both black tea and green tea grown in Việt Nam are becoming more popular in Australia. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Đán HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam shipped six tonnes of tea worth US$74,000 to Australia in the first half of 2021, showing year-on-year surges of 62.1 per […]


Gold association urges Government not to tax exports

  Customers purchase gold products at a gold shop in HCM City. The Việt Nam Gold Traders Association has called on the Ministry of Finance not to tax export of gold of less than 95 per cent purity. — VNS Photo  HCM CITY — The Việt Nam Gold Traders Association has called on the Ministry […]



Cybersecurity risks healthcare providers should look out for

  With the use of technologies and apps to fight and prevent COVID-19 increasing, healthcare providers need to improve cybersecurity to protect their systems against most advanced cyberthreats. — Photo courtesy of Kaspersky.  HCM CITY — Many technologies and technology applications have been used by authorities, businesses and residents in their efforts to prevent and control […]


Lack of raw materials limits supply of instant noodle

  An instant noodle production line. — Photo vneconomy.vn HÀ NỘI — Enterprises producing dried foods are struggling to meet increased demand caused by social distancing measures, due to a lack of raw materials. Kajiwara Junichi, General Director of Acecook Vietnam Co told VnEconomy that the implementation of the “3 on-site” model, as part of the businesses continuity arrangements while […]


VN to keep CPI growth low by end of 2021

Việt Nam Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the first seven months of 2021. — Source General Statistics Office of Vietnam.    HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam looks to maintain a Consumer Price Index (CPI) growth lower than 1 per cent a month during the last quarter of 2021 in an effort to keep inflation under the […]


Cash registers at select businesses to connect to tax authorities by 2022

Customers buy goods at VinMart. Supermarkets are required to have cash registers connected to the tax authorities. — Photo courtesy of Vingroup HÀ NỘI — It is expected that commercial centres, supermarkets, restaurants, and pharmacies will use electronic invoices generated by cash registers and connected to tax authorities from July 1 next year. The Ministry of […]


Tight but flexible regulations needed for healthy corporate bond market

  Đỗ Ngọc Quỳnh, secretary general of the Việt Nam Bond Association, said market participants must fully comply with the regulations. Any enterprise that publishes false information will be fined. — Photo vneconomy.com HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam should set tight rules to diminish the negative impact of corporate bond products, while constructing flexible regulations for bond […]


Domestic traders buoy the market with ample liquidity

  Techcombank’s shares rose 3.5 per cent yesterday, being one of the top 10 shares contributing to the VN-Index’s growth. — Photo courtesy of Techcombank HÀ NỘI — Shares extended last week’s gains, propped up by strong money flows in banks and securities companies, but foreign traders continued to sell, posing risks to the market in […]



Việt Nam should reduce imports of animal feed ingredients: experts

  A poultry egg farm in Bình Dương Province. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — The Việt Nam Poultry Breeders Association has said the Government should have a strategy to develop feed ingredients domestically to reduce their imports. It forecast demand for the raw materials to increase over the next five years to 28-30 million tonnes […]


Connecting farming households to e-commerce platforms will help digital economy development

  Staff of Vietnam Post provide lychee packaging instructions to farmers. Connecting farming households to e-commerce platforms and bringing agricultural products online was critical to promote the digital economy of the agriculture sector. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam looks to connect five million farming households to e-commerce platforms this year, which would create breakthroughs in the development of […]


Việt Nam among three global largest instant noodles consumers

According to data from the WINA, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp increase in the demand for instant noodles around the world. — Photo doanhnhansaigon.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam ranked third in instant noodles consumption after China/Hong Kong and Indonesia. Around 7 billion packs of instant noodles were eaten in the country last year, according to the World Instant Noodles […]


More goods passing through VN’s seaports compared to last year

  A container ship being unloaded at the Cái Mép-Thị Vải Terminal in southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province. — VNA Photo Trọng Đức HÀ NỘI — Goods have been moving through Việt Nam’s numerous seaports without hiccups despite the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Việt Nam Maritime Administration (VMA).  During the first seven months of this […]


Central province warns of petrol surplus, calls for import cuts

  A view of the Bình Sơn Refinery and Petrochemical JSC located in the central province of Quảng Ngãi. — VNA/VNS Photo QUẢNG NGÃI — The People’s Committee of Quảng Ngãi Province, home to the Bình Sơn Refinery and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR), one of the country’s largest petrochemical enterprises and the province’s key economic lifeline, has […]


Shares to advance with alternative ups and downs

  An investor watches stock indices on a mobile phone screen. It is expected that the VN-Index will continue to recover and will approach the resistance zone of 1,370 points.  VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI Securities companies are optimistic about stock market movements this week and are betting the positive trend will continue but the market will witness alternative […]