News of many banks planning to pay dividends, especially cash dividends, have attracted attention from investors in the first month of the new year. Techcombank proposed an annual cash dividend payment of at least 20% of total profit, equivalent to 4-5% of the bank's equity at the beginning of the year, an estimated 1,500 VND a share for 2024....

Vietnam’s economy will grow by 6% in 2024, faster than in 2023, according to economists of HSBC Vietnam. Workers of Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd., Yen Phong industrial park, Bac Ninh province, check products during their work shift. (Photo: VNA) James Cheo, Chief Investment Officer, Southeast Asia and India, Global Private Banking and Wealth, HSBC, said that the...

Vietnam’s aviation market is expected to fully recover in late 2024, closely tied to the positive trajectory of the Asia-Pacific, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). Vietnam’s aviation market is expected to fully recover in late 2024. (Photo: VNA) The agency cited the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as saying that the global aviation industry is...

Officials from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the UAE Ministry of Economy on January 24 agreed to speed up the negotiation for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two countries. Representatives from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the UAE Ministry of Economy at the meeting in Hanoi on January 24. (Photo:...

A seminar took place in Moscow on January 23, as part of a trade connectivity project, aiming to bring more Russian products into Vietnam’s hotels. At a signing ceremony between the Vietnam Automation Association in Russia and the RVBA Co-hosted by the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association (RVFA), the Russia-Vietnam Business Association (RVBA) and the Vietnam Hotel Association (VHA), the...

The recent signing of a protocol regarding the export of Vietnamese watermelon to China via official channels will help deter trade risks, boost the standard of the farm produce, and ease congestion at border gates, Director of the Plant Protection Department Huynh Tan Dat has said. Under the protocol signed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development...

According to the Asia House Annual Outlook 2024, Vietnam's economy is likely to continue to outperform its regional neighbours through 2024, with its manufacturing and export industries drawing significant inward investment, given the openness of the economy and the strength of its fundamentals. A corner of Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA) Released on January 23 in London, the...

On January 23, the Appraisal Council to review and recommend recognition of communes meeting new style rural standards, advanced new style rural area, and model new style rural area of the province held a meeting to appraise and consider recognition of communes meeting standards in the second phase of 2023. Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Chairman of...

Vietnam’s Mobile World Investment Corporation (MWG) opened the 50th store of EraBlue – its joint venture with Indonesia’s leading technology retail provider Erafone – in Tangerang, Indonesia on January 23. At the 50th store of EraBlue in Indonesia (Photo: VNA) In just over a year, the EraBlue brand has established a retail chain in Indonesia with each store...

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on January 23 launched the first-ever study on women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam. Delegates launch the first-ever study on women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam. (Photo courtesy of ADB) The report, named "Facilitating Entrepreneurship Growth by Lifting Barriers: A White Book...