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A worker at a steel mill of Hoa Phat Group (HPG). HPG lost 1.7 per cent on Friday. VNA/VNS Photo The market declined slightly on Friday, dragged down by the banking and steel industries pressured by strong selling force. On the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the VN-Index edged down 0.35 per cent to close at 1,269.18 points. The index closed Thursday at 1,273.66 points, down 0.13 per cent compared to the previous session. Market breadth was negative with 338 decliners and 124 gainers. Liquidity increased compared to Thursday with 607.6 million shares traded on the southern exchange, worth VND14.9 trillion (US$636.6 million). The VN30-Index echoed the VN-Index pattern. It lost 0.38 per cent to reach 1,294.93 points. In the basket, six stocks climbed, two stayed flat and 22 slid. Banking was leading the market's fall with most of the stocks in the basket declining, including Vietinbank (CTG), Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), Vibank (VIB) and Tien Phong Bank (TPB), all … [Read more...] about Shares decline slightly on the slump of banking, steel stocks

Thac Ba hydroelectric power plant in Yen Binh District, Yen Bai Province. — Photo genco3.com Thac Ba Hydropower JSC (HoSE: TBC) has closed the list to pay a cash dividend for the second period in 2021. The company said that August 30 is the deadline for the list of shareholders receiving the second dividend of 2021 in cash at the rate of 15 per cent, meaning that a shareholder owning one share will get VND1,500. With the number of outstanding shares of 63.5 million units, Thac Ba is expected to pay more than VND95 billion to shareholders, the expected payment date is September 23. Previously, the company paid the first dividend in cash at the rate of 10 per cent. With this payment, it completes the cash dividend to shareholders in 2021, with a total rate of 25 per cent. Therefore, the company has maintained the highest dividend payment since listing on the stock exchange. The company also paid a 25 per cent cash dividend for 2020 and 2017. Thac Ba Hydropower is the … [Read more...] about Thac Ba Hydropower continues to pay highest dividend

Vinamilk brand in top of most valuable global brands According to the annual report of the ‘Food and beverage’ industry of Brand Finance 2022, the Vinamilk brand has been valued at $2.8 billion, an impressive increase of 18 percent compared to 2021, and ranked in many major rankings in brand value. For this year's report, the UK’s Brand Finance has assessed more than 5,000 brands in 29 industries in 39 countries. With an integrated measurement method from many factors and indicators such as brand impact, brand health, and reputation, brand investment, combined with financial and market survey, the annual 'Food and beverage' report published by Brand Finance has helped provide brand health assessments transparently and fairly. In the field of ‘Food and beverage’, this year Vinamilk continues to “set a new record” when increasing its brand value by 18 percent, reaching US$2.8 billion, rising to the position of a potential brand. in the global dairy industry. This is also a … [Read more...] about Vinamilk brand in top of most valuable global brands

While 2020 was one of the warmest years on record globally, Vietnam has just gone through another historical year of climate extremes. Last November was also decisive for the future of the planet as countries officially submitted their climate pledges at the COP26 climate summit. Dao Xuan Lai, head of Climate Change and the Environment at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam We see a skyrocketing demand for natural resources while witnessing the collapse of functioning ecosystems. You only need to drive a couple of hours outside of Hanoi towards Ninh Binh province with its iconic limestone clasts, synonymous with the beauty of northern Vietnam, to see these emblematic features being devoured by machinery to be used for stone mining and cement production. By 2050, global demand for materials such as plastics, steel, or cement is projected to increase by a factor of 2-4. More than 50 per cent of the world’s emissions can be traced back to our … [Read more...] about Partnerships key to green transition

There have not yet been many mega deals involving Japanese investors on a par with pre-pandemic levels. What factors are currently affecting Japanese M&A trends in Vietnam? Masataka “Sam” Yoshida, head of the Cross-border Division of RECOF Corporation and CEO of RECOF Vietnam Co., Ltd. First of all, deals as large as VPBank’s sale of its stake in FE Credit to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group do not occur frequently. In fact, the M&A story in Southeast Asia is largely written by mid-cap companies rather than the large ones, as the region is home to a significant number of companies with enterprise values between $50 million and $500 million. The same is true in Vietnam, where middle market M&A has been a major driver of deal activity. Many smaller Vietnamese enterprises have proven resilient and successful in the face of recent global crises, and they have become desirable acquisition targets. As borders reopened, we got off to a solid start this … [Read more...] about Assessing Japanese M&A deals in a turbulent period