Vingroup opens admissions to aviation school

Vietnam’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup is seeking shareholders’ approval for issuing $750 million worth of international bonds this year.

Vietnam's biggest private conglomerate Vingroup earned VND2.6 trillion ($112 million) from sales of electric bikes, cars and smartphones in H1 2019.

Real estate giant Vinhomes earned after-tax profit of VND8.46 trillion ($365 million) in the second quarter, up 102.9 percent year-on-year.

Viewing them as veritable cash cows, Vietnamese corporate giants like Vingroup, FPT and Mobile World are racing to open drugstores.

South Korean investors led merger and acquisition deals in Vietnam last year and the first half of this year.

Vietnam’s current aviation infrastructure and management capacity cannot handle several carriers waiting to enter the growing market.

Vietnam’s largest business conglomerate will cooperate with Canada's CAE Inc. to train pilots and other aircraft personnel.

BKAV has launched its phones in Myanmar, its first foreign foray, following a similar move by Vingroup earlier.

Tickets for Vietnam’s first Formula 1 race are being sold at over 1,800 Vinmart+ convenience stores.

Fitch will no longer provide assessments of Vingroup’s credit rating after the latter chose to stop being rated.

Vingroup has signed partnerships with Japan's Fujitsu and the US's Qualcomm to make 5G smartphones in Vietnam.

A subsidiary of conglomerate Vingroup plans to issue shares to help fund a new national exhibition center on Hanoi's outskirts.

Recent mergers and acquisitions in Vietnam’s fintech industry indicate a strategic fight for e-wallet market share.