tran anh will delist from hnx due to mobile worlds neglect

Tran Anh will delist from HNX due to Mobile World's neglect

More than one year after merging with Mobile World and being neglected to focus on the Bach Hoa Xanh grocery chain, Tran Anh Digital World JSC (code: TAG) has just announced the management board’s resolution to cancel its listing by buying back 180,634 TAG stocks.
tenology transfer continues to be a big issue in luring fdi

Tenology transfer continues to be a big issue in luring FDI

The foreign direct investment (FDI) picture in the first half of 2018 has kept the black spot of technology transfer despite capital inflows increasing against last year.  
online shopping increasingly unsafe for customers

Online shopping increasingly unsafe for customers

Data leaks from global brands like Adidas, F21, and Sears show that online shopping is not really secure for consumers.
vtv trying to recoup world cup tv rights by hiking advertising prices

VTV trying to recoup World Cup TV rights by hiking advertising prices

Maybe due to not charging viewers, Vietnam Television (VTV) is trying to recover its capital spent on buying the 2018 World Cup’s TV rights by raising advertisement prices. A 30-second slot during the finals now goes for VND800 million ($35,242).
preferential tax rate cannot control car prices

Preferential tax rate cannot control car prices

Despite the 0 per cent preferential tax rate, the price of CBU cars imported from ASEAN members keeps increasing, showing that tax rates cannot replace market mechanisms to control automobile prices.
grab unable to fill ride hailing market alone

Grab unable to fill ride-hailing market alone

Grab's high discounts, difficulties in managing drivers, and limited services are creating opportunities for competitors, including Mai Linh, ABER, FastGo, and lately Go-Jek, which has just confirmed officially entering Vietnam in July.
foreign funds to help domestic e payment firms with competition

Foreign funds to help domestic e-payment firms with competition

Support from foreign investors is expected to help domestic e-payment firms create new things and make a difference in the competition with foreign players in the domestic e-payments market.
hm may launch promotion programmes to reduce stockpiled goods

H&M may launch promotion programmes to reduce stockpiled goods

H&M will deploy more sales promotion programmes aiming to reduce its $4 billion stockpile of unsold clothes.
g7 chapter of trung nguyen drama continues

G7 chapter of Trung Nguyen drama continues

The Trung Nguyen drama continues, as the group accuses its own subsidiary of violating intellectual property rights by producing its G7 brand instant coffee, requesting authorities to stop the exports of affected products.
facebooks new user charges create difficulties in business

Facebook’s new user charges create difficulties in business

Allowing some administrators to set a monthly charge for group members is supposed to be the first step of Facebook’s plan to charge users, aiming to create more effective data security on its social network without the use of ads. However, applying the charge may create difficulties for Facebook’s business.
tran anh flounders after mobile world merger

Tran Anh flounders after Mobile World merger

Balance of supplies may be a problem for Mobile World after seizing Tran Anh Digital World JSC (code: TAG), causing losses to the latter and killing interest in its stocks.
chinese sanctions may be pushing cj groups expansion in vietnam

Chinese sanctions may be pushing CJ Group’s expansion in Vietnam

The Chinese policy to limit South Korean businesses may be the main reason behind Korea-based CJ Group’s heavy expansion in Vietnam. Entering a co-operation with local restaurant chain Golden Gate is the latest step in this expansion.
curtain rises on new act of trung nguyen divorce

Curtain rises on new act of Trung Nguyen divorce

The long-going divorce drama at Trung Nguyen has just seen the latest dispute erupt over G7 products, drawing in the General Department of Vietnam Customs and other government agencies.
weak starbucks may allow trung nguyen to regain footing

Weak Starbucks may allow Trung Nguyen to regain footing

Vietnamese coffee giant Trung Nguyen may have an opportunity to recover its domestic business as US-based Starbucks has just announced the plan to close 150 stores next year. Maybe some stores in Vietnam will be on Starbuck’s list.
over 400 people needed to put out fire in soc son market

Over 400 people needed to put out fire in Soc Son market

In addition to firefighters, hundreds of servicemen were mobilised to put out the fire at Soc Son market (Hanoi's Soc Son district).