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Stock Market MSN, bank stocks drive market up The Saigon Times Daily Thursday,  Dec 12, 2019,17:56 (GMT+7) MSN, bank stocks drive market upThe Saigon Times Daily Employees of HCMC Securities Corporation watch stock information. Consumer goods firm MSN and large bank stocks contributed to sending the VN-Index rising today, December 12 - PHOTO: THANH HOA HCMC - The strong recovery of consumer goods stock MSN and the sharp rise of large bank stocks helped the VN-Index close near the 970-point level today, December 12. With 202 gainers and 127 losers, the benchmark index on the Hochiminh Stock Exchange added 6.39 points, or 0.66%, at 968.17. Trading volume on the southern bourse inched up by one million shares against the day earlier to 218.74 million shares, but trading value slid 5% at nearly VND4.2 trillion. There were 64.1 million shares worth nearly VND1.4 trillion traded in block deals. MSN soared 5% at VND58,500, … [Read more...] about MSN, bank stocks drive market up

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Hong Hai speaks at the Internet Day 2019 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Innovation and creation are strategic and decisive factors for Vietnam's success of digital economic transformation. That was the message from Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Hong Hai at Internet Day 2019. He was speaking as the Vietnam Internet Association marked Internet Day 2019 with a conference titled “Internet Vietnam: Innovation for digital transformation” in Hanoi on December 11. The deputy minister said the country had been witnessing the birth of many tech businesses operating in a number of fields with new business models this year. This clearly affirmed the determination of many businesses in becoming digital service providers and pioneering in the creation of digital society, he said. This year also marked an important milestone in the research, application and development of 5G technology in Vietnam, Hai … [Read more...] about Forum focuses on digital change

With the price of pork soaring, consumers begin to look for alternatives such as poultry, beef, and seafood (Photo: Le Toan) Since early November, the price of pork has been increasing rapidly. In some provinces, the price of live pigs has hit a record of VND80,000 ($3.45) per kilogramme, an almost 170 per cent increase in just six months. The record tally has already pushed the price of pork in wet markets across the country up to VND170,000 ($7.40) per kilogramme. The price of other foodstuff made from pork, such as Vietnamese sausages, has also hiked up to VND40,000 ($1.70) per kilogramme. In some shops and restaurants in Hanoi, the rise has led to increases of up to VND10,000 ($0.40) per dish. Last week, Duong Thu Ha, a bank officer in the centre of the capital, was surprised at the increased fee of the noodles with pork that she usually has for lunch. “They used to charge me VND35,000 ($1.50), but now a dish can be either VND10,000 more expensive or if it has the same … [Read more...] about Consumers begin to feel pork pinch