VOV.VN - With a potential market upgrade in September 2025, BIDV Securities Company (BSC) forecasts Vietnam’s stock market could draw up to US$1.5 billion in capital inflows.

Leaders of the country’s four largest banks (the Big 4 group) BIDV, Vietcombank, VietinBank and Agribank have announced their preliminary positive business results for 2024.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Vietnam Youth Federation and the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association announced winners of the Vietnam Gold Star Award 2024 at a ceremony held in Hanoi on December 25.

While mergers and acquisitions in the Vietnamese life insurance sector have been relatively quiet, M&As in the non-life insurance sector have been quite strong, with the participation of both foreign and domestic investors.

Head of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee's Inspection Commission and the Central Anti-Corruption Commission of Laos and President of the Lao State Inspection Authority Khamphan Phommathat held separate working sessions in Hanoi on June 4 with leaders of Vietnamese leading enterprises.

VOV.VN - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on June 3 sold SJC branded gold bars to four State commercial banks and a gold and gemstones company at a stable price in an effort to narrow the disparity between domestic and global gold bar prices.

Many banks are planning to sell shares to foreign investors with the aim of attracting more diverse capital and enhancing competitiveness.

Many banks have adjusted up savings interest rates by 0.2-0.3% per year since early this months to lure depositors in the context that the savings amount at the banking system has declined for the first time after 25 consecutive month increase.

Fifteen Vietnamese banks are named among the world’s top 500 most valuable banking brands this year according to the Brand Finance Banking 500 2024 ranking.

Vietnam remains in the watch list for a possible reclassification from frontier to secondary emerging market status, according to FTSE Russel’s Country Classification review in March.