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Marketing now a must for homestay owners due to COVID-19 pandemic

  A photograph takes an exterior shot of a villa. — Photo courtesy of the owner HÀ NỘI — As she owns one of the most beautiful villas in Tam Đảo Golf Course, Nguyễn Thanh Hằng had never spent a penny promoting her Sapphire Villa but was still fully booked most of the time. Things changed when COVID-19 hit though, […]


Steelmaker Hoà Phát aims for 19 per cent profit growth

  Workers at Hòa Phát Dung Quất Iron and Steel Complex in the central province of Quảng Ngãi. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — Giant steelmaker Hòa Phát Group (HPG) hopes to achieve VNĐ9 trillion (US$390 million) in post-tax profit this year, up 19 per cent year-on-year. The group’s management board recently approved the production and business plan for 2020 to […]


VinaCapital no longer a major shareholder of Dabaco

  A worker artificially inseminates a hen at Dabaco’s chicken factory. Dabaco is a multi field group which specialises mainly in animal feed, cattle and poultry breeding, and food processing. — Photo dabaco.com.vn HÀ NỘI — VinaCapital Group Limited has announced that it is no longer a major shareholder of Dabaco Group JSC (DBC). Its two member funds, Fraser Investment […]


Imported pigs from Thailand expected to reduce Việt Nam’s pork price

  A customer chooses imported pork at Big C supermarket Thăng Long in Hà Nội. — Photo congthuong.com.vn HÀ NỘI — The price of live hog in the Vietnamese market decreased recently after the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) allowed imports of pigs from Thailand. In the northern region, the price of live […]


Experts urge lifting of foreign ownership caps

  Nguyễn Thế Minh, director of Analysis Division at Yuanta Vietnam Securities Co, attends an online seminar held on Tuesday by Yuanta Vietnam Securities Co. — Photo the courtesy of Yuanta Vietnam HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam should loosen restrictions on foreign ownership and encourage entrepreneurship in new and revolutionary industries to attract foreign capital, said experts. The statement […]


Digitised Healthcare and Collaboration – The New Imperative

  Son Pham, Country Manager, GE Healthcare Vietnam, CEO, GE Vietnam As the world embraces a new normal, both technology and healthcare have seamlessly taken centre stage in our lives. Technology now permeates every aspect of life, from GPS to autonomous robots, and we cannot overlook that the healthcare sector’s reliance on digital solutions and technological […]


Financial, banking stocks drive market up

  A customer at TPBank head office in Hà Nội. The bank shares gained 1.6 per cent on Wednesday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trần Việt HÀ NỘI — The financial-banking sector’s growth remained strong to keep Vietnamese shares steady at a three-month high on Wednesday afternoon. The benchmark VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange […]


MoIT to open online conference to bring Vietnamese products to Japan

  The Ministry of Industry and Trade hosts an online trade conference to promote Vietnamese agriculture products on June 30. — Photo thuonghieusanpham.vn HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Trade Office in Japan and the Tokyo SME Support Center will host an online trade conference to promote Vietnamese agriculture products on June 30. The move […]


Facebook and MPI launch “Proud Việt Nam” tourism promotion project

Representatives of Facebook, Ministry of Planning and Investment and delegates officially launched Vietnam Immense MV on Wednesday. — Photo courtesy of Facebook HÀ NỘI — Facebook, in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Investment, launched the “Proud Việt Nam” project, including the “Immense Việt Nam” music video, which aims to promote interest in Việt […]


Tra fish industry strives to increase domestic market share

  Việt Nam’s tra fish export value dropped 39 per cent to US$456 million in the first five months of this year. — Photo vov.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development opened an event in Hà Nội on Tuesday to promote the domestic consumption of tra fish products. Addressing the event, Minister of Agriculture […]


Supermarkets to help lychee farmers sell their produce

  Customers buy lychees at a Co.opmart supermarket in HCM City. — Photo courtesy of Saigon Co.op HCM CITY — Several large supermarket chains have pledged to support the consumption of lychees as the fruit enters the harvest season in the northern provinces of Bắc Giang and Hải Dương, the two biggest growers of the […]


MoIT denies reports about power price increase

  EVN workers check electricity meters. — VNA/VNS Photo Ngọc Hà HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) late on Tuesday denied reports that the nation’s electricity price had increased. The reports had appeared on some websites and social media posts. The ministry said since the beginning of the year, the retail power […]


Property firms return to market after Covid-19

  The property market would see increased competition in the post-pandemic period, experts said. novaland.com.vn HCM CITY — After a brief hiatus, property companies have been resuming sales of developments and revealing their post-COVID-19 business plans since the beginning of May. Ministry of Construction data shows that some 80 per cent of developers stopped sales or […]


Bank fails to disburse Gov’t’s non-interest loan package

  People make transaction at an office of Việt Nam Bank for Social Policies in Hà Nội. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam Bank for Social Policies has not yet disbursed any loans from the Government’s non-interest credit package of VNĐ16 trillion, said Deputy Director of the bank Trần Lan Phương. The bank was […]


HOSE announces resumption of trading after fixing system glitch

  The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange. — VNS Photo HCM CITY — The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange announced on Wednesday morning that the issue with its trading system on June 9 has been resolved, and trading is back to normal. The reference prices for all stocks trading on Wednesday will be the last executed […]


Co-operative forum to be held in Q3

   A forum on collective economy and the development of cooperatives would be held in the third quarter of this year. — Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng approved the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s plan of organising the cooperative forum in the third quarter of this year. The forum aimed […]


Billionaire Johnathan Hạnh Nguyễn wants to invest in Bắc Vân Phong

  A corner of Vạn Ninh District. Diversified conglomerate Imex Pan Pacific Group wanted to invest in Bắc Vân Phong, Vạn Ninh District to turn the region into a modern economic zone. — Photo vnexpress.net HÀ NỘI — Diversified conglomerate Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPP) of dollar billionaire Johnathan Hạnh Nguyễn wants to invest in Bắc Vân Phong, pledging […]


Two projects worth $215 million granted in Hà Nam

The People’s Committee of the northern province of Hà Nam province said that it had granted a decision on investment guidelines for two projects, worth nearly VNĐ5 trillion (US$214.6 million). — Photo hanam.gov.vn  HÀ NỘI — The People’s Committee of the northern province of Hà Nam province said that it had granted a decision on investment […]


New traders flock to market

  Employees at a securities company. Retail brokers have reported a jump in new clients opening financial market trading accounts, with more than 100,000 accounts created in the past three months. — Photo tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — The steep decline of the local stock market as the coronavirus ravaged economies lured many new punters to the […]


Pig breeding firms report surge in profit

  A pork slaughtering chain at Vissan. — Photo courtesy of dangcongsan.vn  HCM CITY — Many large pig breeding farms in the country have reported a surge in profits in the first months of the year thanks to high prices due to a supply shortage. Bắc Ninh-based Dabaco Group has reported its highest-ever profit growth in […]