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Stores work hard to follow limited operating hours

Over 7,900 new COVID-19 cases reported on Tuesday 6,000 medical workers from all over Việt Nam volunteer to help deal with HCM City’s outbreak 5 priority groups allowed to go out in HCM City after 6pm Deputy PM visits HCM City’s 175 Military Hospital Six isolation areas to be established in Hóc Môn District   […]


Shares gain on strong cash flow

  Customers wash their hands with sanitiser at Vietinbank’s branch. Shares of Vietinbank (CTG) rose 1.1 per cent on Tuesday. Photo vietinbank.vn HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam’s stock market settled higher on Tuesday as stocks in all sectors recovered from recent losses thanks to a strong injection of cash flow. The VN-Index on the Hồ Chí […]


Việt Nam, Laos enjoy growth in two-way trade in H1

  Garment products are made by workers of Hà Nội-based Maxport Hạ Đình Co. garment and textile products are among Việt Nam’s key export staples to Laos. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt  VIENTIANE — Việt Nam and Laos continued to enjoy growth in import-export revenue in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period […]


HCM City getting ‘abundant’ supply of essential goods

  People shop at a supermarket in HCM City. The city has ensured adequate supply of essential goods such as vegetables and foodstuffs amid its social distancing under Directive 16. Photo nhandan.vn HCM CITY — Supply of essential goods such as vegetables and foodstuffs to HCM City is abundant and will even exceed demand during […]


Vaccination ‘key’ to rapid economic recover

HCM City residents forbidden to go outside between 6pm-6am Transport departments to ensure smooth circulation of essential goods COVID-19 infections near 100,000 as new daily record was broken again New checkpoints to ease congestion entering capital city Hà Nội prepared for multiple scenarios in latest COVID-19 outbreak   People in the central Bình Định Province get […]


Firms announce plans to produce  domestic COVID-19 vaccines

  Russian Sputnik-V vaccine is made at Vabiotech. The firm plans to produce 100 million doses per year after the transfer of production technology next year. — Photo courtesy of the firm HÀ NỘI — Local companies have announced plans to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Việt Nam. At an online meeting led by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính […]


Authorities crackdown on home-based businesses

  Residents of the Việt Đức Complex report the the wrong use of apartments in the complex for offices, shops and spas in Hà Nội. — Photo vov.vn HÀ NỘI — Authorities in Hà Nội’s Thanh Xuân District have sent out inspection teams in a crack down on residential properties being used for commercial purposes. Residents of […]


PVGas’s profit jumped over 34 per cent in Q2

A ship loading LPG at PVGas’s Vũng Tàu Port. Photo pvgas.com.vn HÀ NỘI — PetroVietnam Gas JSC (PVGas, GAS) reported profit after tax of more than VNĐ2.3 trillion (US$100.1 million) in the second quarter of 2021, resulting in a rise of 4.3 per cent in profit after tax in the first six months of this year. In […]


HCM City IT firms have workers living on-site to remain open

  An IT company in Quang Trung Software City in HCM City’s District 12 has put up tents for its employees to stay amid the social distancing. IT firms have been providing on-site accommodation and meals for staff to keep their business running. – Photo ictnews.vietnamnet.vn HCM CITY – Information technology companies in HCM City […]


Finance Ministry working on US$1.04 billion support package

  The US$1.04 billion supporting package is expected to exempt and reduce tax and fees for business. — Photo kinhtemoitruong.vn     HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is mulling a VNĐ24 trillion (US$1.04 billion) support package for businesses hit by the coronavirus pandemic by exempting and reducing tax and fees. Minister of Finance […]


Shares manage to rise but investors still cautious

  Novaland’s Sunrise Riverside apartment project in HCM City’s District 7. Novaland (NVL) rose 4.1 per cent on Monday. Photo novaland.com.vn HÀ NỘI Vietnamese shares ended Monday on a positive note thanks to the rise of some individual large-caps in the final minutes of trading but investors were still cautious about the market’s short-term outlook […]


Vietnamese investors and contractors struggle due to higher steel price

Construction site in Ninh Bình of the North-South expressway. VNS/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Although local iron and steel prices have dropped, they are still at high rates, up 1.7 times compared to the end of 2020, causing investors and construction contractors to suffer. On the international market, the price of steel rebar for October delivery […]


HCM City foodstuff demand volatile as consumers hoard

The foodstuff and vegetables are still abundant at HCM City’s supermarkets. Photo nld.com.vn HCM CITY – Supermarkets and food stores in HCM City continue to have abundant stocks of foodstuffs and groceries, but demand has been erratic. Đỗ Quốc Huy, marketing director of Saigon Co.op, said due to the restrictions, people buy a lot of foodstuffs at […]


Vinmart offers health insurance to millions of customers

  A Vinmart supermarket. Customers who shop in person at VinMart/VinMart+ nation-wide between July 26 and August 25 will have chance to get an insurance package for free. — Photo courtesy of Masan HCM CITY — VinCommerce General Commercial Services Joint Stock Company (VCM), a retail affiliate of Masan Group (Masan) on Sunday bought a ‘Khỏe […]


Int’l organisations launch programmes to help Vietnamese businesses improve operation

  HÀ NỘI — The programme to assist businesses in digital transformation for the 2021-25 period of the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the USAID-funded Linkages for Small and Medium Enterprises (LinkSME) project have announced a support package to help enterprises promote digital transformation. The support aims to help at least 100 businesses successfully conduct […]


Việt Nam joins global peers in developing digital money

  A customer pays for goods through a QR code. The issuance of digital currency could also help accelerate Việt Nam’s digital economy development. — VNA/VNS Photo By Mai Hương HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is playing catch-up in a global race to develop its own digital currency and experts believe this will not only […]


Vietnamese goods to increase presence on foreign shelves

  HÀ NỘI  — More Vietnamese goods are available on foreign supermarket shelves but enterprises still need to overcome a number of challenges if they want to enhance their brand image. Online newspaper Hanoimoi.com.vn cited Makoto Nakamura, an international trade consultant at the Japan External Trade Organisation as saying that when consuming food products, health […]


Vietnamese goods to increase presence on foreign shelves

  Thai people shopped for Vietnamese fruits at Vietnamese Goods Week in Thailand in June. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngọc Quang HÀ NỘI  — More Vietnamese goods are available on foreign supermarket shelves but enterprises still need to overcome a number of challenges if they want to enhance their brand image. Online newspaper Hanoimoi.com.vn cited Makoto Nakamura, an international […]


More bank shares to hit stock market on bonuses, public issues

Compiled by Thiên Lý At least around seven billion shares issued as dividends, under employee stock ownership plans and public issuances by banks are expected to enter the stock market in the two remaining quarters of the year. They include MB and Vietinbank with nearly two billion shares. In June MB shareholders approved the 2020 […]


Securities firms cautious on directionless stock market

FPT Corporation’s headquarter in Cầu Giấy District, Hà Nội City. The company shares went against the market’s trend, up 4.3 per cent in market capitalisation last week. Photo hcmfpt.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s stock market struggled to find direction last week as liquidity fell continuously and foreign investors net sold a value of more than […]