Thanh Cong Group (TC Group) on April 11 announced its sales results for March with over 5,770 Hyundai automobiles sold in Vietnam last month, up 5.5% over February. Hyundai Accent continues to be the best-seller model in March with 1,355 units delivered to customers, followed by Hyundai Creta with 1,035 …
Read More »Vietnam’s non-life insurance market continues to lure foreign capital
Vietnam’s non-life insurance market has continued to attract foreign investors in the first months of this year. Two domestic insurance companies, the Vietnam National Aviation Insurance Joint Stock Corporation (VNI) and Military Insurance Corporation (MIC), welcomed new capital from foreign investors in the first quarter of 2023. The PYN Elite …
Read More »Gold prices edge lower
SJC gold price fell 0.07% to VND67 million ($2,857.33) per tael Tuesday morning. Gold ring price dropped 0.08% to VND56.4 million per tael. A tael equals 37.5 grams or 1.2 ounces. Globally gold prices rose on Tuesday after falling over 1% in the previous session, as the dollar eased while …
Read More »$4B LNG-fired plant delayed by electricity price haggle
Construction of the US$4-billion Bac Lieu liquefied natural gas-fired power plant in the south has not begun even three years after its approval due to a disagreement in electricity selling price. National utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and the investor, Singapore’s Delta Offshore Energy, have held nine rounds of negotiations but …
Read More »Bamboo Airways shareholders shoot down capital increase plan
Shareholders of Bamboo Airways, at an extraordinary general meeting on Monday, rejected plans for a private placement of shares to increase charter capital. The proposal for a VND9.57-trillion ($405.5 million) issue to increase the capital to VND28 trillion, restructure loans and swap debts for shares based on agreements with creditors …
Read More »Chuong Duong Beverage eyes 6-year-high revenues
Chuong Duong Beverage expects to double its revenues this year to VND365 billion ($15.57 million), the highest since 2017, by expanding sales networks and entering new markets. It also expects to break a two-year losing streak and earn profits of VND3.8 billion. For this, it plans to increase production by …
Read More »OZ Minerals gets Vietnam’s nod for its $6.4B buyout by BHP
Australia’s OZ Minerals said on Tuesday its A$9.6 billion ($6.38 billion) buyout by BHP Group has received Vietnam’s Competition and Consumer Authority’s approval. In early February, OZ Minerals had also received approval from Brazil’s competition regulator, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense, for the proposed buyout. The copper-gold producer on …
Read More »Casper reports loss on soaring sales support expenses
Thai-owned consumer electronics company Casper reported a loss of nearly VND467 billion ($19.8 million) for last year after being in the black in 2021. Casper Vietnam told VnExpress that the loss was due to a 58% jump in sales support expenses to VND1.095 trillion. “We have sacrificed profits to increase …
Read More »Durians selling for half usual price fool online buyers
Durians selling for VND35,000 ($1.49) per kilogram, half their usual price, are being advertised by online sellers as the best quality, but customers are not receiving their orders. A social media user named Hoang said recently on Facebook that he was able to buy a large amount of durian from …
Read More »New stock accounts fall to 2-year low
The number of new retail accounts opened at securities brokerages plunged to nearly 40,000 in March, the lowest level in the past two years, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository. March is also the sixth month in a row in which the number of new stock accounts was less than …
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