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Day: January 25, 2024
VN-Index closes down, foreign traders net-sell US$5.5 million
Vietnam’s VN-index has closed down Thursday recording a fall of 2.6 points or .22 percent to finish the session at 1,170.37. Of note, foreign traders shifted gear and after ten days of consecutive days of net-buying, net-sold US$5.5 million worth of stocks. Trading history, foreign investors, last five trading days
Vietnam petrol retailer representative group denied: name, function not unique
An attempt to unite Vietnam’s petroleum retailers into an ‘association’ has been knocked back by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Tuoi Tre is reporting. The MoIT says the proposed name and function of the group would overlap with the existing Vietnam Petroleum Association (VPA). In Vietnam, ‘associations’ are
US$3.17 billion sitting in trading accounts in Vietnam waiting to be used
There was VND 78 trillion (US$3.17 billion) sitting in cash accounts with securities firms in Vietnam at the end of 2023, according to Tuoi Tre. The article notes that this is an increase of VND 20 trillion (US$812.8 million) over the end of 2023 and also that liquidity on the
Korean Boeing supplier to build plant in Vietnam
South Korea’s KP Aero Industries intends to spend US$20 million on a new assembly plant in Vietnam, Reuters is reporting. Earlier reports from state media suggest the new factory will be in Danang in central Vietnam and cover 20,000 square metres. Whereas this announcement has been met with broad elation
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