Annual report contest champions corporate sustainability
March 19, 2013 | 18:09
Vietnam’s sixth Annual Report Awards (ARA) competition was launched on March 19, with fresh awards to promote corporate social responsibility.
Better corporate governance in Vietnam, an ongoing journey
December 01, 2012 | 12:52
Juan Carlos Fernandez Zara, Corporate Governance senior operation officer for Asia-Pacific of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has observed that many companies in Vietnam still see corporate governance as something remotely necessary.
Tough medicine for pharma firms
June 20, 2011 | 08:00
Most listed Vietnamese firms would love to boast of a foreign component to their ownership structure, seeing it as a boost to their prestige.
Market watchdog tightens up on massive shares sales
January 16, 2011 | 19:53
Concern about market oversupply is expected to ease when the regulator introduces tighter rules on the sale of new shares.
Discounted NAVs offer some big clues
July 23, 2010 | 11:34
After years of operations, Vietnam-focused listed (either locally or externally) fund certificates have yet to prove as superior as some fund managers expected.
Learning to stand up for the little guy
October 02, 2007 | 18:11
A bullish stock market in the last quarter of 2006 and the first quarter 2007 witnessed irrational investors chasing listed shares for interesting prices. Listed firms have taken this opportunity to issue new shares at best prices and least costs.
Move on listed firms’ foreign holdings cap
April 24, 2007 | 18:00
The State Bank of Vietnam has proposed that the government not lift a cap on listed companies’ foreign holdings this year to limit negative effects from possible capital withdrawal on the domestic capital market.
Foreign stake holdings of banks capped
July 13, 2006 | 18:13
The State Bank of Vietnam has fixed the total portion of stakes held by foreign institutional and individual investors in both non-listed and listed local commercial banks at 30 per cent of a joint stock bank’s chartered capital, rather than lift it to 49 per cent as previously drafted.
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