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Investors should think before snapping up cheap stocks

Market adjustments over the past few weeks has brought many stocks down to attractive price levels compared to the beginning of the year, but investors should remain cautious.investors should think before snapping up cheap stocks

F&N submits bid for Vinamilk: 16th time the charm

F&N Dairy Investments Pte., Ltd has been repeatedly registering to buy more than 14.5 million shares to raise ownership in Vinamilk (code: VNM).

Vietnam firms should prepare themselves amidst trade war

Domestic businesses should closely monitor the market situation, prepare to adjust their operations and redefine export markets to avoid negative impacts and capitalise on opportunities from the US-China trade war.

Paper manufacturers encounter difficulties, lack capital to expand

VietNamNet Bridge - Most Vietnamese paper plants have a capacity of less than 10,000 tons per annum, while foreign plants’ capacity is 50 times higher.

Banks, energy firms drive market up

 Vietnamese shares advanced on Monday morning, driven by banks and energy companies.

Vietnam hotel market attracts foreign investors

VietNamNet Bridge - The hotel market has been growing quickly, with the number of projects developed by foreign investors and managed by foreign brands increasing from 30 in 2010 to 79 by the end of 2017.

Coal-fired thermal power used less worldwide, but heats up in Vietnam

Forty-two percent of coal-fired thermal power projects in the world are in South East Asia. While the use of coal-fired plants is declining globally, Vietnam has been expanding the number of plants.

Child abuse cases occur mostly at private nursery schools

Bad management, substandard teachers, poor facilities, unobserved regulations and loose supervision. This is how Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha described household-run nursery establishments at the latest National Assembly session.

Highlands people bet their lives to secure livelihood

 The rainy season has arrived in Việt Nam’s Central Highlands, and people living along the Ea Rớt River in Đắk Lắk Province, again, risk their lives using handmade rafts and cables to cross the river.

’Green’ products popular in VN

 Trần Minh Tiến, owner of a shop in Long An Province, said he sells some 10 kinds of goods made from natural and environment-friendly materials such as grasses, bamboo and coconut fibre, replacing products made from plastic.

SLNA beat Nam Dinh at V.League 1

 Sông Lam Nghệ An (SLNA) beat Nam Định 3-2 in the 18th round of the V.League 1 yesterday.

Vuong wins best goal award of V.League

 Midfielder Trần Minh Vương of Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) has won the award for best V.League 1 goal in June from the Việt Nam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF).

How friendly is Vietnam?

 An international website for expats across the globe has named Viet Nam as one of the friendliest countries in the world. Internations.org surveyed 13,000 people living in countries away from their home to ask which is the best place to retire.

Photobook highlights beauty of Vietnam

 Tận Hưởng Bản Sắc Việt (Savour Việt Nam), a photobook highlighting the beauty of the country and the people, has been released in HCM City.

Ancient city reject car cable project

  The central city rejected a proposal to build a 7km cable car route spanning the Thu Bồn River and connecting Hội An and Duy Xuyên District.

More than 4,100 people die in traffic accidents so far this year

 The number of traffic accidents, traffic-related deaths and injuries in Việt Nam dropped in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year.

Hanoi proposes to share citizens’ data

 Authorities in Hanoi have asked the Government for permission to conduct a pilot plan which allows them to supply other agencies with information from its citizen database in exchange for a fee.

Illegal sand mining re-emerges in Hanoi

 Hanoi People’s Committee chairman Nguyen Duc Chung has asked authorised agencies to crack down on illegal sand mining activities in Phuc Tho District.

Apartment buildings top Hanoi's QA session

 Issues relating to the management of apartment buildings and the quality of non-public kindergartens dominated the question and answer session as the 15th Hanoi People’s Council wrapped up its sixth meeting yesterday.

State monopoly is crippling railways

 The State monopoly in the rail industry has diminished competition and pushed the sector to the edge of crisis, economic experts said yesterday.