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A man standing in front of stock trading screens. VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — The slowdown in China’s economic growth due to COVID-19, the US Federal Reserve’s policy stance and the business plans of listed enterprises are the main factors driving the Vietnamese stock market in April, said SGI Capital.  In its …

  A worker of Hoa Sen Group (HSG) in its factory. HSG lost 7 per cent Friday. Photo courtesy of HSG HÀ NỘI – Vietnamese shares extended losses on Friday as large-cap stocks in a series of industries suffered selling pressure, especially banking, securities and steel. On the Hồ Chí …

  The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange in HCM City. — Photo vneconomy.vn HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has been picked by analysts from leading Wall Street banks as one of the three hottest markets in the Southeast Asian region, according to the US TV channel CNBC. CNBC asked the analysts of Goldman …

The Supreme Court has rejected a proposal from the prosecution to cancel a previous ruling on the divorce between Vietnam’s coffee King and Queen, bringing the curtains down on a seven-year-old battle. Legally, this decision closes the seven-year legal battle between coffee giant Trung Nguyen Group’s chairman Dang Le Nguyen …

  Youssef Akila, head of  Masterise Homes Design (sitting, left) and Senior Partner Toby Blunt of Foster+Partners at the signing ceremony yesterday in HCM City. VnExpress Newsphoto. HCM CITY — Graham Stuart, the British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, witnessed a signing ceremony yesterday of strategic agreements between …

  US Ambassador to Việt Nam (right) Marc Evans Knapper visited a factory of Việt Nam’s largest dairy producer Vinamilk in Cần Thơ on Friday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo CẦN THƠ — US Ambassador to Việt Nam Marc Evans Knapper visited a factory of Việt Nam’s largest dairy producer Vinamilk …

  The meeting between Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Dang Minh Khoi and Russian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sergey Levin. VNA Photo MOSCOW — Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Đặng Minh Khôi and Russian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sergey Levin discussed measures to beef up agricultural cooperation between the two countries during …

Workers are eagerly awaiting the minimum wage hike, expected to be done either in July or at the beginning of next year, but employers fear the imminent financial burden. Nhabe, a garment maker with 15,000 workers, expects labor costs to rise by at least 10 percent if minimum wages rise …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index lost another 1.35 percent Friday and hit the lowest in three weeks with most blue chips closing in the red. The index started off in the green but gradually declined throughout the day and closed 20.35 points lower after losing 20.55 points Thursday. Trading on the Ho …

A Mexican couple felt they were from another world as locals kept greeting them with surprise and friendliness during their first visit to Vietnam. Pablo, 30, and Sofia, 29, arrived in Da Nang on March 31, roughly a fortnight after Vietnam resumed international tourism with relaxed quarantine and visa regulations. …