The Hanoi Stock Exchange decided to suspend transactions of shares of Golden Bridge Vietnam Securities JSC (GBS) from October 18 to October 30.

Viet Medicine Supermarket JSC, major shareholder of CMI Industry and Minerals JSC. (CMI) sold 826,300 shares from September 12 to October 1, cutting its holding to 502,099 units or 6.76% stake after the deal.

Hoang Minh Chau, member of Board of Directors cum general director of Central Area Electrical Mechanical JSC. (CJC) bought 100 shares from September 12 to October 11, raising his holding to 77,650 units after the deal.

Trac Van Thanh, Deputy General Director of Hong Ha Long An JSC. (HHL) failed to buy 40,000 shares as registered from September 13 to October 12, still holding no HHL shares.

Educational Book JSC. in Danang City (DAE) announces October 23 as ex-date and October 25 as record date for 2012 first cash dividend payment.

Iwai Cosmo Securities Co.,Ltd bought 10,000 shares of Education Cartography and Illustration JSC. (ECI) on October 3, raising its holding to 88,700 units or 5.04% stake after the deal and becoming a major shareholder of the listed firm.

Education Cartography and Illustration JSC. (ECI) announces October 22 as ex-date and October 24 as record date for 2012 first cash dividend payment.

Vietnam is likely to book a trade deficit of $9.9 billion in 2013 or 8% of the total exports, soaring from only $1 billion estimated for this year, the financial website gafin.vn quoted the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) as saying.

Notice: KIS launch Automatic Advance Service on October 22

BIDV Insurance Corporation (BIC) reported a pre-tax profit of VND90.19 billion in 9M/2012, up 27% from a year ago, and fulfilling 86% of its full-year target, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Oct 17.