Lotte Card Co., Ltd, No.5 credit card issuer in the Republic of Korea, said on May 2 that it has funneled KRW93.7 billion (US$68 million) into its Vietnamese unit - Lotte Finance Vietnam - to expand its business in the Southeast Asian country.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City export forum and trade fair (HCM City Export 2024) will be held from May 8 to 11 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in District 7.

VOV.VN - Airports across Vietnam received approximately 1.8 million passengers during the five-day holiday period from April 27 to May 1 marking National Reunification Day (April 30) and International Labour Day (May 1).

The Government has proposed extending the cut in value-added tax (VAT) from 10% to 8% on specific groups of goods and services from July 1 until the end of the year to support business and production activities.

Vietnam Airlines Corporation reported after-tax profit of VND4.44 trillion (US$173.19 million) in Quarter 1 as it is strengthening its international flights and restructuring.

The State Bank of Vietnam will auction an additional 16,800 taels of SJC-branded gold bars to businesses at 9am on May 3, it said in a statement released on May 2.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s disbursed FDI capital in the past four months rose 7.4% over the previous year’s corresponding period to US$6.28 billion, the highest in the past five years, according to the General Statistics Office.

Nearly 55,800 tonnes of agricultural products were exported via border gates in the northern province of Lang Son during the recent five-day holidays starting April 27.

Visakan Investment and Biotechnology Development Joint Stock Company (Visakan) on May 2 held a ceremony in the northern province of Bac Ninh to mark its first shipment of veterinary medicine valued at over US$200,000 to Indonesia - a Halal market.

VOV.VN - Five export commodities recorded turnover of more than US$5 billion each in the first four months of the year, accounting for 57.8% of the country’s total export turnover.