Vingroup

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Conglomerate Vingroup JSC plans to earn 145 trillion VND (6.2 billion USD) in revenue this year, up 12 percent year-on-year. The information was released during the group’s annual general meeting of shareholders (AGMs) held on May 28 in Hanoi. Post-tax profit is expected to decrease 35 percent to reach 5 trillion VND. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vingroup Chairman of the Board of Directors Pham Nhat Vuong said its tourism arm Vinpearl was most ravaged by the disease. “However, the group still seeks solutions to stimulate domestic demand for tourism, especially inbound because we could not offer services for foreign clients during the pandemic,” he said. “According to statistics, Vietnam greets 80 million domestic visitors and 18 million foreign visitors each year,” Vuong said. The Vingroup chairman said if the disease was controlled and people could not travel abroad, domestic tourism would be … [Read more...] about Vingroup forecast revenue up 12 percent

According to Nguyen Dinh Cung, former Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management, facilitating the private economic sector’s development remains an inevitable trend for the national economy. The number of newly established enterprises has been steadily annually, while the sector in general has been able to successfully mobilise huge amounts of capital for production and business, developing into an important part of the national economy in the process. … [Read more...] about Vietnam strives to effectively attract private investment

The other major losers were a mixed bag, with NVL of real estate developer Novaland dropping 1.1 percent, TCB of private Techcombank and CTD of construction giant Coteccons both shedding 1 percent, and BVH of insurance giant Bao Viet Group down 0.9 percent. … [Read more...] about VN-Index rises in weekend session as liquidity falls

The adjustment of socio-economic targets is a big and unprecedented issue, because the targets set in the NA’s Resolution are concretised from the Resolution of the Party Central Committee. On the basis of the Government’s proposal, the decision on the adjustment of growth targets will be made by the competent levels, with the current political and legal bases taken into account. According to economic experts, the adjustment of GDP growth target and relevant macro targets in accordance with the new developments in the domestic and international socio-economic situations will create favourable conditions for the Government in its management work, towards realising the dual goal of successfully combating the pandemic and reviving the economy after the disease. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES MAY 30

The US fund is investing in some large-cap stocks such as property firms Vingroup (VIC), Vinhomes (VHM) and Vincom Retail (VRE), dairy firm Vinamilk (VNM), steelmaker Hoa Phat (HPG), Vietcombank (VCB), consumer goods producer Masan (MSN), aviation business Vietjet (VJC), brewer Sabeco (SAB), and PetroVietnam Gas (GAS). … [Read more...] about Market steadies amid ETF quarterly review