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Day: August 16, 2024
Vietnam Stock Reviews: Masan Group (consumer goods)
As of the second quarter of 2024, Masan Group’s net revenue was up by 8.2 percent year-over-year, driven by its core retail consumer businesses. This was in part credited to Masan Consumer Corporation, which trades under ticker MCH on Vietnam’s Unlisted Public Companies stock market…
US critical circumstances allegations filed re: solar cells from Vietnam, Thailand
Essentially, it’s being alleged that firms in Vietnam and Thailand have increased the speed at which they export solar cells to the United States in order to avoid possible future antidumping and countervailing duties. This comes after an investigation was announced earlier this year into some solar imports from Southeast Asia.
Credit to Vietnam’s real estate industry shows steady growth March to May
Of note, Vietnam’s real estate industry has been struggling for the last two years in the wake of the Evergrande crisis in China in 2022. This led Vietnam to take a long hard look at its own real estate industry in which it found the prevalent misuse of investor funds, particularly those acquired through the bond market, and that a number of real estate firms were grossly over-leveraged.
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