VN-Index finished down on Thursday morning but recovered in the afternoon thanks to growth among individual large-cap stocks.

Around 53 per cent of Japanese companies from the manufacturing sector start to feel the bite of supply chain disruptions caused by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, according to the latest survey by the Ho Chi Minh City chapters of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI).

Smooth execution of the deal will be a boost for Vietnam's economy amid a global slowdown and the ongoing Covid-19 epidemic.

Some border markets in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh and China’s Guangxi have resumed regular trade after being shut down for nearly a month due to concerns about the new coronavirus, officials said.

Thailand's Central Group has taken full control of electronics retailer Nguyen Kim through its latest indirect acquisition of a 41.5 percent stake.

Textile, footwear and electronics producers in Vietnam are running low on feedstock and might have to suspend production if the Covid-19 epidemic continues.

The first two trains for the first metro line project in HCMC will be transported to the city in the middle of this year, said Huynh Hong Thanh, deputy head of the HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR).

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