Vietnam’s 500 most profitable businesses announced

Vietnam Report JSC and online newspaper Vietnamnet on Ocotber 26 organised a ceremony to announce a list of the 500 most profitable companies (PROFIT500) and top 10 prestigious firms in food-beverage-retail-packaging in 2023.
Vietnam’s 500 most profitable businesses announced ảnh 1At the ceremony to announce a list of the 500 most profitable companies (PROFIT500) and top 10 prestigious firms in food-beverage-retail-packaging in 2023. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam Report JSC and online newspaper Vietnamnet onOcotber 26 organised a ceremony to announce a list of the 500 most profitablecompanies (PROFIT500) and top 10 prestigious firms infood-beverage-retail-packaging in 2023.

The top ten companies in the list are Vietnam Oiland Gas Group (Petrovietnam), Samsung Electronics Vietnam Thai Nguyen, Viettel Military Industry andTelecoms Group, Joint StockCommercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank),Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank),PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corp, Joint StockCommercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Military CommercialJoint Stock Bank (MB), Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank), and VietnamProsperity Joint Stock Bank (VP Bank).

Vietnam’s 500 most profitable businesses announced ảnh 2Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) is among top profitable enterprises in 2023. (Photo: VNA)
The top ten prestigious food companies in theyear are Nestle Vietnam Company Limited, Mondelez Kinh Do Vietnam JSC, OrionFood Vina Company Limited, Herbalife Vietnam Single Member Limited LiabilityCompany, Thanh Thanh Cong – Bien Hoa JSC, Quang Ngai Sugar JSC, Hoang Mai Tradeand Production Company Limited, Perfetti Van Melle Company Limited (Vietnam),Bibica JSC, and Long Hai Company Limited.

At the ceremony, General Director of Vietnam Report Vu Dang Vinh highlightedthat amidst the global economic downturn, the Vietnamese economy has showed signsof recovery, resulting in improved business and production activities of manyenterprises.

The domestic businesses’ efforts have made significant contributions to theVietnamese economy during tough time, he said, underlining the ceremony aims tohonour the firms with effective operation, good profit, and substantial contributionsto the food-beverage-retail-packaging sectors.

The ceremony also served as a launcher to help Vietnamese brands reach out tocustomers far and wide, he added./.

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