GE Healthcare on a mission to innovate Vietnam’s healthcare 08:00 | 18/12/2017 On the occasion of signing a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam’s privately-run Vinmec Healthcare System, Terri Bresenham, president and CEO ... Making local healthcare ‘future-ready’ 08:00 | 18/12/2017 US’ GE Healthcare has joined forces with Vinmec Healthcare system under Vingroup to advance Vietnam’s healthcare standards. Van Mai reports. GE Healthcare becomes strategic partner of Vinmec 10:08 | 13/12/2017 GE Healthcare, the medical arm of General Electric, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Vinmec Healthcare System, fostering science ... GE to drive wave of solar investment in Vietnam 1 … [Read more...] about Corporate News, Latest Business
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VN index boosted by positive corporate news
VN index boosted by positive corporate news (17-10-2005) HCM CITY — An announcement regarding the increase in foreign ownership limit in stocks and some positive corporate news pushed the VN Index to a four-year high last Friday. It closed at 304.1, gaining 12.8 points during the week. The last time the index reached the figure was on August 17, 2001, when it closed at 321.83. While the State Securities Commission’s recent announcement that foreign investors can hereafter hold up to 49 per cent of a listed company – up from the present 30 per cent – seemed to have been discounted by the market already, an announcement last week that the new limit would take effect on October 24 seemed to provide a fresh boost. The market had jumped by over 13 points on September 30. The news first broke on September 29. Other positive news coming from the market included REE’s announcement last Wednesday about the completion of a private placement worth VND160 billion … [Read more...] about VN index boosted by positive corporate news
Market rallies on good corporate, global news
Market rallies on good corporate, global news (14-09-2009) HA NOI — Favourable corporate news helped domestic stock indices advance last week, despite mixed trading on both the Ha Noi and HCM City bourses. On the HCM City Stock Exchange, the VN-Index increased 19.5 points ovearall last week to close at 547.99, a rise of 3.69 per cent over the previous Friday’s close. Trading volumes averaged 55.3 million shares per day, down 23 per cent from the previous week’s average, while the average daily turnover was VND2.4 trillion (US$134.8 million), a decline of 17 per cent. On the Ha Noi Stock Exchange, the HNX-Index also ended 1.35 per cent higher at 169.18, a slight increase of 2.26 points. Average trading value reached VND972 billion ($54.6 million), off 26 per cent from the previous week’s average, as daily volumes averaged 28 million shares, a drop of 25 per cent. Newly-listed shares from Viet Nam Real Estate (VNI), Hoang Long Group (HLG) and Van Phat Hung Co … [Read more...] about Market rallies on good corporate, global news
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Inspectorate checks implementation of laws by provincial heads Government inspectors will check the implementation of laws on citizen reception, complaints, denunciation and anti-corruption by the heads of six provinces. These provinces are Bac Ninh, Ninh Binh, Quang Nam, Kon Tum, Tay Ninh and Binh Thuan. The inspection was part of the Viet Nam Government Inspectorate's plan in 2016, recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Under the plan, the government inspectors also examined compliance with regulations on the use of capital and property, as well as the restructuring of the Airports Corporation of Viet Nam. An inspection of the state management's work regarding dyke projects is also scheduled to be conducted at the agriculture and rural development ministry in 2016. VN Food Association's former chairman to be prosecuted Nguyen Hung Linh, former general director of Kien Giang Trade and Tourism Ltd., (KTT), and six others will face prosecution for causing KTT loss of … [Read more...] about Social News 20/11
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Quang Binh prosecutes five Sua timber robbers Police in Bo Trach District in the central province of Quang Binh on Tuesday prosecuted five people in connection with stealing Sua timber from the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. Le Xuan Ban, head of the Investigation Police Agency in Bo Trach District, said that among the five people prosecuted was 42-year-old Nguyen Van Hieu, a policeman from Xuan Trach Commune. Four others are 30-year-old Nguyen Van Cuong and 43-year-olds Nguyen Ngoc Hoan, Nguyen Van Cam and Ho Van Phuong. All the culprits are residents of Bo Trach District. These five people used knives, swords and sabres to rob Sua timber from others in the forest park. Policeman Hieu even cornered and pushed Sua timber carriers into a cave with the intention of threatening them to part with the timber. On the same day, the district People’s Procuracy in Bo Trach District approved the decision to prosecute the five men and hold them in custody for … [Read more...] about SOCIAL NEWS IN BRIEF