Mr. Nguyen Thien Tuan passed away, his wife inherited shares worth more than 450 billion

Construction Development Investment Corporation (DIC Corp, code DIG) has just announced that Ms. Le Thi Ha Thanh inherited more than 20.75 million DIG shares from the late Chairman of the Board of Directors Nguyen Thien Tuan.

After the transaction, Ms. Thanh will increase her holding ratio from more than 4,900 shares to nearly 20.8 million shares, equivalent to 3.4% of charter capital.

Based on the closing price of DIG shares on September 12, which was VND21,700/share, it is estimated that the number of shares Ms. Thanh received is worth more than VND450 billion. (See details)

What did Hai Phong say about the case of 'workers having to go to work on storm days, and being forced to go home when the storm hit'?

When storm No. 3 just landed in Hai Phong, a cry for help appeared on social media from the account Ng.Ban, who introduced himself as a worker of LG Display Vietnam Co., Ltd., headquartered in An Duong district, Hai Phong city. The cry for help contained a worker who needed to find a place to stay overnight to avoid the storm, because the company forced him to leave the factory right when the wind and rain were raging.

In response to the above information, the leaders of the Hai Phong City Labor Federation have stepped in to verify. Accordingly, this unit has requested the Trade Union of LG Display Vietnam Co., Ltd. (LGD) to provide a preliminary report on the incident.

The leader of the Hai Phong Economic Zone Management Board also said that, immediately after receiving the direction of the Hai Phong City People's Committee on storm prevention No. 3, the unit issued a document instructing each enterprise; at the same time, sent officials and leaders to industrial parks and factories of large corporations to persuade them to temporarily stop production to ensure the safety of people and property. (See details)

Selling a glass of water for 1,000 VND in support and making a sudden 'turnaround', Katinat angered netizens

On September 11, beverage brand Katinat posted on its fanpage about joining hands with the North. Accordingly, this brand will donate 1,000 VND from each glass of water sold in the system from September 12 to September 30 to accompany the North in overcoming the consequences of natural disasters.

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Katinat had to apologize to customers. Photo: Katinat

However, this program of Katinat immediately received a strong reaction from the online community. After more than 20 hours of posting on the fanpage, more than 65,000 people left angry icons under the post.

Immediately afterwards, the brand apologized and announced that it had directly contributed 1 billion VND. (See details)

VNG has 2 bosses at the same time, Le Hong Minh is still CEO, Wong Kelly is acting general director

According to the explanatory document of VNG Corporation (Upcom: VNZ) sent to Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX), VNZ said that Mr. Le Hong Minh is still the group's general director.

VNG confirmed that it did not appoint Mr. Wong Kelly Yin Hon to replace Mr. Le Hong Minh. Accordingly, Mr. Kelly is only carrying out the assignment and task assigned by Mr. Minh to support the management, ensure the company's operations as well as protect the rights and interests of shareholders.

VNG also said that it has not received a resignation letter from Mr. Le Hong Minh. Therefore, Mr. Minh is still the general director - the legal representative of VNG Corporation. The company's operations, production and administration are taking place normally. (See details)

Lending interest rates drop sharply after storm number 3

Implementing the Prime Minister's direction on overcoming the consequences of storm No. 3, the State Bank has directed commercial banks to proactively review and summarize the losses of customers who are borrowing capital, promptly apply policies to support interest rates, defer debt, and continue lending so that people and businesses have conditions to restore production and business.

Many commercial banks have announced interest rate reductions for customers affected by storm No. 3 and subsequent flooding. New loans are also offered at unprecedented interest rates. (See details)

Insurance compensates 7,000 billion VND for damage caused by storm Yagi

Damage caused by storm No. 3 (Yagi) continues to increase, insurance companies said they are urgently implementing assessment work and plans to pay advance compensation to affected customers.

The Department of Insurance Management and Supervision (Ministry of Finance) said that as of 5:00 p.m. on September 12, through reports from insurance companies, the companies had received information on more than 9,000 cases of property and motor vehicle damage, recording 14 deaths; 18 cases in health insurance. The total amount of compensation for human and property damage is estimated at about 7,000 billion VND. (See details)

SCB reduces money transfer limit to 10 million VND/day, closes 4 more transaction offices

After continuously lowering the maximum money transfer limit, Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SCB) has just continued to reduce the money transfer limit to only 10 million VND/time/day/customer, and at the same time dissolved 4 transaction offices.

From 1:00 p.m. on September 12, SCB will apply a maximum Napas 247 fast money transfer transaction limit for individual customers of VND 10 million/time/day/customer. This regulation applies to customers transferring money at transaction counters and on SCB eBanking channel. (See details)

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has met with the investigation agency about 154 solar power projects.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just reported to the Prime Minister on the issuance of supplements and updates to the Plan for implementing the VIII Power Plan. The report stated that on August 30, the Ministry of Industry and Trade had a working session with the Investigation Security Agency (A09), the Ministry of Public Security to review 154 solar power projects transferred by the Government Inspectorate.

These are the projects mentioned in the conclusion of the Government Inspectorate and transferred to the investigation agency regarding the Ministry of Industry and Trade's approval of supplements and advice to the Prime Minister to approve supplements without basis or legal basis for planning. (See details)