The two national stock exchanges will be merged into one single stock exchange and named the Vietnam Stock Exchange which will be headquartered in Hanoi.

Thai Son Nam will have to do without star player Vu Duc Tung in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Club Championship’s quarter-final versus Chinese Shenzhen Nanling Tielang on August 14.

Green credit is a trend in the global banking and finance industry and more Vietnamese banks are following suit.

After two years of operation, smaller securities firms in terms of market capitalisation have beaten big players in derivatives brokerage market share.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to treat garbage buried at three non-active landfills, the municipal People’s Committee has said.

Vietnamese start-ups that wish to go global must have a “global mindset” and “decision-making power” and be willing to “take risks” to capitalise on the opportunities for success in the digital economy, experts have said.

Earlier this month, the Hai Duong People’s Committee granted in-principle approval for seven new projects valued at more than 267 billion VND (11.6 million USD) in total.

Viettel Global posted record pre-tax profit of 1.09 trillion VND (47 million USD) in the second quarter of this year.

Instead of the modest contribution made previously, the insurance business segment, or bancassurance (banks co-operate with insurers to sell insurance products), has now become the main source of income from service activities for many banks.

Vietnam ranked 50th out of 175 countries on the Global Cybersecurity Index (CGI) in 2018, up 50 places from the previous year, according to a report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).