Category: Vietnam
Business Briefs 20 February 2019
* Nguyen Tri Thien, chair of Sao Thai Duong Investment Company (SJF), bought over one million shares out of the total volume of three million shares registered for purchase [...]
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Ministry of Transport proposes to manage ride-hailing apps as taxis
Entire under nine-seat cars operating under the ride-hailing application may be managed as taxi operators, according to newswire Bizlive.vn. The Ministry of Transport (MoT) [...]
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Foreign investors exchange 3.9m FPT shares
Foreign institutional investors traded nearly 3.9 million shares of tech firm FPT Corporation on Friday, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD). Foreign [...]
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Vietnamese continue to spend big money on motorbikes
More than 3.4 million motorbikes of different kinds were sold in 2018. However, while the demand for scooters and high-cylinder capacity sports motorcycles has increased [...]
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Fruit, flower prices rise on full moon
Demand for fruit and flowers usually increases sharply on the occasion of the lunar year’s first full moon, and a short supply this year has caused their prices to [...]
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Transparency, connection between enterprises crucial for tra fish development
Information transparency and strong connections between enterprises will significantly contribute to the sustainable development of Vietnam’s tra fish sector, said Le [...]
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VN Index surpasses 960-point mark on February 18
The benchmark VN Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) picked up 10.41 points to reach 961.3 points on February 18, the first day of the week. More than 194.6 [...]
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Chilled meat market may be heating up
Many enterprises have started moving to the chilled meat sector, as it is expected to become a new consumer trend in the future domestically, according to experts. Masan [...]
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Viettel and VinaPhone attract customers via mobile number portability
The number of subscribers looking to join Viettel and VinaPhone was higher than the number of leavers. Vietnam’s two of the three leading telcos Viettel and VinaPhone [...]
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Decree sets requirements for foreign-invested vocational institutions
The Vietnamese government has issued a series of conditions required to set up a foreign-invested vocational training institution in Vietnam, expected to take effect from [...]
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VinaCapital offloads Vietnam’s FPT stake worth over $7 million to foreign investors
Vietnam’s leading asset management firm VinaCapital, through VOF Investment Limited, has offloaded nearly 3.9 million shares of leading IT firm FPT Corporation to [...]
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Son Doong Cave catches international media attention
Cave among 11 best tourist destinations discovered recently, as listed by UK’s The Daily Telegraph. Son Doong Cave in Phong NhaKe Bang National Park in the central [...]
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Vietnam to ‘play big’ with support from Amazon
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has said that the presence of Amazon in Vietnam will give opportunities to Vietnam’s businesses to reach the world market, but [...]
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Banks optimistic with 2019 targets
Some banks have announced the closing time for holding general Shareholders Meeting (GSM) in 2019. Banks’ GSMs this year will be held from about March to April, and the [...]
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Japan’s Taisho Group to raise stake Vietnam’s DHG Pharmaceutical to 35pct
Japan-based Taisho Pharmaceutical has registered to purchase an additional of nearly 1 million shares in Vietnam’s DHG Pharmaceutical, lifting its holding in the latter [...]
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