Ho Chi Minh City hopes the Republic of Korea-based Samsung Group would open a research and development centre in the city to take advantage of its skilled human resources, said a local official.
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung has directed the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) and network operators to stop the supply of pre-activated SIM cards.
Nearly 70 percent of 500 surveyed firms in Vietnam planned to expand their businesses in the near future as most of them were optimistic about business results in 2018.
The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) has witnessed some 300 businesses reportedly exceeding their 2018 business plans in a spectacular way.
Vietnamese stock markets are expected to remain positive in the short-term, with the VN-Index moving towards the 990-1,000 point range next week.
About 65.3 percent of Japanese companies in Vietnam gained operating profits in 2018, 0.2 percentage points more than in the previous year.
The sharp decline of the stock market in the final months of 2018 has had little impact on the yearly business results of securities companies.
Vietnam’s stock market is set for unpredictable short-term movement, as both local indexes witnessed a choppy trading week last week, on low liquidity and weak cash flow.
The Vietnamese Government has paidconsiderableattention to Samsung’s investment projects in Vietnam and will continue to create favorable conditions for the firm to successfully do business in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc told an official from Samsung on January 11.
The Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) will open a logistics centre for container shipping on December 17 as part of moves to restructure the State-owned firm, according to Deputy Director General Do Thi Ngoc Trang.
Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung had a working session on December 3 with the Republic of Korea’s Lotte Chairman Shin Dong-bin on the group’s business results in 2018 and its plan to expand investment in the capital city in the time to come.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has assured Vietnam’s consistent policy of supporting Canadian firms and Manulife in particular to effectively operate in the country during a reception for visiting Chief Executive Officer & Director at Manulife Financial Corp Roy Gori in Hanoi on November 29.
Market indexes and liquidity suffered a sudden fall in the final trading session last week, meaning that negative signals started to appear following a period of recovery.
A forum on accelerating the process of reforming and improving the efficiency of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) was held by “Tap chi Kinh Te va Du Bao” (the Journal of Economics and Forecasting) in Hanoi on November 6.
The Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company (HOSE code: VJC) recorded a yearly revenue increase of 105 percent to more than 12.71 trillion VND (544.28 million USD) in the third quarter of 2018.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) wants to take advantage of market and policy opportunities to promote automobile manufacturing projects of domestic automakers including Truong Hai Auto Corporation (Thaco), Thanh Cong Group and VinFast.
A majority of credit institutions expect business performance this year will be better than 2017, according to the latest survey conducted by the State Bank of Vietnam on business trend among credit institutions in September.
Selling pressure increased at the end of October 10's trading session while purchasing demand was not enough to save indices from falling.
