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LienVietPostBank plans to list on UPCoM

 LienVietPostBank has planned to deposit shares at the Vietnam Securities Depository and listing on the UPCoM.

Experts foresee stable rates

 The central bank must push up banking restructuring and settlement of bad debt to ease pressure on rate hikes and keep rates stable this year, experts agreed at an online meeting yesterday on 2017 interest rate trends.

Vinalines to sell its shipyard company

Vietnam National Shipping Lines or Vinalines wants to transfer its stake, valued at US$11.5 million, accounting for 88.6 per cent of chartered capital, from Vinalines Shipyard Company Limited.

HCM City hosts maritime industry, refrigeration technology expos

The sixth edition of INMEX Vietnam opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in HCM City on March 29.

VN's agro-forestry-fishery exports hit $7.6 billion in Q1

 The export value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products reached 7.6 billion USD in the first three months of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 7.6 percent.

Vietnam among Asian biggest spenders on infrastructure

 Vietnam among Asian biggest spenders on infrastructure

Hanoi calls for investment in wastewater treatment projects

 Hanoi is calling for investments into wastewater treatment projects from 2016 – 2020, in a bid to protect the environment for sustainable development.

Strategic investors may offload stake in SOEs sooner

 Strategic investors may sell their shares in a State-owned enterprise (SOE) three years after the firm is equitised, according to the Ministry of Finance.

VN-Index retreats from 10-year high

 Shares retreated on March 28 on the two national stock exchanges as investors booked short-term profits on fears of a possible downward correction.

Rice exporters suffer losses due to sudden domestic price hike

 The sudden surge in domestic rice prices in this year’s winter-spring crop has made a number of rice exporters suffer from losses in the first quarter.

Vietnam receives great attention from Korean investors

 Vietnam has been attracting a lot of attention from investors in the Republic of Korea (RoK) thanks to her active global economic integration and engagement in free trade agreements.

KIDO Food IPO in April

 Food producer KIDO Group (KDC) announced on Monday that its frozen foods subsidiary, KIDO Food (KDF), would make an initial public offering next month.

Japanese firm to build large hotel in Vietnam

 Japan-based Daiwa House Industry Co Ltd announced on Monday it will spend some US$72.4 million to build a large hotel in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Labour shortage at rubber plantations in Central Highlands

 As rubber prices have risen, rubber plantations in the Central Highlands have faced labour shortages after many were fired as the sector suffered in the past.

Sweet future for VN confections

Market observers see a positive outlook in the long term for Vietnamese confectionery exports. 

Dung Quat refinery reports $80.4 million profits

 The Dung Quat Oil Refinery earned nearly VND1.8 trillion (US$80.4 million) in after-tax profit in the first quarter of the year, achieving 30 per cent of its annual target.

Private funding powers local supply chain leap

 The question of how to raise assorted investment sources in Vietnam for national economic development has dominated the agenda of many economic forums.

VN fresh produce losing market share to Thailand

 Hanoi Supermarket Association chair Vu Vinh Phu told stakeholders at a recent business conference that Vietnamese consumers have lost confidence in home grown fresh fruit and vegetables.

Vietnam confectionery booming

 Market observers see a positive outlook in the long term for Vietnamese confectionery exports.

Ministry imposes anti-dumping duties on steel from China

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a decree imposing temporary anti-dumping duties on H-shaped steel products imported from China.