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Shares rise on the growth of real estate stocks

  Logo of Đất Xanh Group (DXG) seen at its headquarters in HCM City. DXG rose 3.1 per cent on Friday. — Photo vtc.vn Shares finished Friday trade on a positive note, mainly driven by the growth of the construction-real estate stock group. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) was up 0.17 per cent […]


Two firms cancel listings in December: HNX

  A facility of Vinacomin Power Holding Corporation (UPCoM: DTK) in the northern province of Lạng Sơn. — Photo baodautu.vn HÀ NỘI — Shares of two companies will be removed from the market in December, the Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) has said. Kido Frozen Foods JSC (Kido Foods) will remove all of its 56 million […]


International expos open with physical, remote booths

Visitors at the Zhejiang International Trade Exhibition that opened on Thursday) in HCM City. VNS Photo Thu Hằng HCM CITY — The annual Việt Nam International Trade Fair in HCM City opened in HCM City on Thursday with 250 firms putting up 350 booths. The exhibition has for the first time remote booths for foreign businesses. Nguyễn Vân […]


Long An Province pulls the plug on tardy investment projects

  Long An Province has cancelled the licences issued to 41 projects that were progressing too slowly or unable to continue. – Photo nld.com.vn LONG AN – Long An Province has recalled licences issued to 41 projects with a combined investment of US$71.2 million so far this year. Consisting mostly of manufacturing and housing projects […]


VinCommerce speeds up restructure, names new deputy general director

  A VinMart employee arranges processed food products in a VinMart supermarket. VinCommerce is expected to start making profits in 2021. — Photo courtesy of Masan HCM CITY — Masan Group has appointed Nguyễn Thị Phương as permanent deputy general director of VinCommerce (VCM), which it acquired last year. She is in charge of developing […]


International expos open with physical, virtual booths

  Visitors at the Zhejiang International Trade Exhibition that opened on Thursday) in HCM City. VNS Photo Thu Hằng HCM CITY — The annual Việt Nam International Trade Fair in HCM City opened in HCM City on Thursday with 250 firms putting up 350 booths. The exhibition has for the first time virtual booths for foreign businesses. Nguyễn […]


Yên Bái’s agricultural and aquatic products introduced in Hà Nội

  Visitors at the Week of Yên Bái’s agricultural and aquatic products which opened on Friday in Big C Thăng Long in Hà Nội. — VNS Photo Mai Hương HÀ NỘI — Agricultural and aquatic products from Yên Bái Province are on display in a fair in Big C Thăng Long supermarket in Hà Nội. The […]


Nearly 10,000 units of blood donated in Samsung drive

  Choi Joo Ho, general director of Samsung Việt Nam donates blood at the ‘Blood for Vietnamese 2020’ programme. — Photo courtesy of Samsung Việt Nam BẮC NINH — Nearly 10,000 units of blood are expected to be donated through the ‘Blood for Vietnamese 2020’ programme, according to officials at the closing ceremony of the programme in Thursday in […]


eWellness Tour shares knowledge about nutrition

  The online seminar “eWellness Tour” shares knowledge about nutrition to participants. — VNS Photo HCM CITY — Health and nutrition topics were discussed at an recent online seminar called the “eWellness Tour”  to encourage good nutrition and lifestyle habits among various communities in the country. Organised by Herbalife Nutrition, Việt Nam Young Physicians Association, and Health and Life newspapers, the seminar […]


Việt Nam PMI disrupted by storms and flooding

Workers at a manufacturing chain inside an LG Electronics Việt Nam’s production plant in Hải Phòng. — VNA/VNS Photo Lâm Khánh HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) dipped fractionally below the 50.0 no-change mark to 49.9 last month, signalling broadly unchanged business conditions during the month. A survey by newly-released […]


Deal signed to promote Vietnamese products, green production

  Executives of Saigon Giải Phóng newspaper, the Saigon Co.op, HCM City Urban Environment Co., Ltd and Vinexad at the signing ceremony in HCM City on December 2. — Photo courtesy of the organiser HCM CITY — Saigon Giải Phóng newspaper, Saigon Co.op, the HCM City Urban Environment Co., Ltd and the Việt Nam National Trade […]


Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2020 opens in capital

  Participants at the Vietnam Medipharm Expo 2020 held at the Hà Nội International Exhibition Centre from Thursday until Saturday. — Photo thoibaotaichinhvietnam.vn HÀ NỘI — The 2020 Việt Nam International Medical, Hospital and Pharmaceutical Exhibition (Vietnam Medipharm Expo) is taking place from Thursday until Saturday in Ha Noi, featuring 60 foreign and domestic exhibitors. “This year is […]


Việt Nam masters 90 percent of ecosystem of cyber security products

    The revenue from local cybersecurity products increased from 18 per cent in 2015 to 39 per cent in 2019 and 45 per cent in 2020. — Photo vnisa.org     HÀ NỘI — The ecosystem of cybersecurity products in Việt Nam has clearly developed thanks to the strong support from the Ministry of Information […]


DATC auctions more than 4 million shares of MSB

  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) has offered to sell a complete lot of more than 4 million shares of the Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MSB) on December 23. The whole batch of shares or 0.34 per cent of the stake of the bank will be offered […]


Shares continues to rise, led by steel and property stocks

    A production line at Hòa Phát Steel Sheet Co. Steel giant Hòa Phát Group (HPG) leapt 4.4 per cent to VNĐ36,850 (US$1.59) per share yesterday. VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên HÀ NỘI — The stock market repeated what happened on Wednesday as shares grew more strongly in the afternoon session, led by strong money flows […]


Programme to support digital transformation launched

  Protrade Garment JSC. Digital transformation is the shortage way for enterprises towards rapid and sustainable development in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Planning and Investment in co-ordination with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday began a programme to support enterprises’ digital transformation […]


Tax on bonus share selling still controversial: experts

  Investors at one of SSI Securities Inc’s trading floors. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — Starting on December 5, investors will have to pay a 5 per cent individual income tax if they want to sell bonus and dividend shares in accordance with Decree 126/2020/NĐ-CP. The decree was issued on October 19, 2020, providing new […]


Prudential signs deal with SeABank to distribute digital insurance product

  Prudential Vietnam and SeABank signed an MOU on December 1 for distributing digital products. — Photo courtesy of Prudential Vietnam HA NOI — Prudential Vietnam Assurance has signed a memorandum of understanding with Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) for the distribution of an online insurance product. Under the deal signed in Ha Noi on […]


AEON Corporation grants 60 scholarships to VN university students

  General Director of AEONMALL Vietnam Co Ltd Tetsuyuki Nakagawa grants scholarships to students from the Foreign Trade University at a ceremony in Hà Nội on Thursday. Since its establishment, the AEON scholarship has supported 6,376 students from 37 universities and colleges across Japan, China, Thailand, Việt Nam, Indonesia, Cambodia and Myanmar. — VNS Photo […]


Hanwha Life Content Creator Camp launched

  Hanwha Life Content Creator will be a place for content creators to spread positive inspiring stories amid the difficulties and challenges caused by COVID-19 and natural disasters. — Photo courtesy of Hanwha Life Vietnam HCM CITY — Hanwha Life Vietnam and Advertising Vietnam have launched the Hanwha Life Content Creator Camp at https://www.facebook.com/Hanwha3C to offer […]