- Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City highest in 10 years

Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City branch Nguyen Duc Lenh said that the amount of remittances sent to Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 maintained a good growth rate, reaching 9.46 billion USD, an increase of 43% over the previous year. Remittances sent to Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 recorded the highest growth in the past 10 years and continued to maintain a high proportion compared to the total amount of remittances nationwide at over 50% (according to Dan Tri).

- Ministry of Industry and Trade recommends people to be vigilant against unlicensed multi-level marketing businesses.

The National Competition Commission (Ministry of Industry and Trade) has just issued a warning about signs of illegal multi-level marketing related to Natural Intelligence Trading Company/Natural Intelligence Science Center. According to collected documents, the National Competition Commission affirmed that there are signs that this unit is developing a multi-level marketing system; at the same time, it emphasized that this unit also has signs of providing exaggerated information about the Syrinx product to attract participants (according to Chinhphu.vn).

- Holding tens of thousands of billions waiting for the day the stock market explodes

Billions of dollars in cash flow - a record high in 2 years - is waiting in the accounts of stock investors, waiting for the market to signal to buy instead of withdrawing money to other investment channels. Will liquidity explode in the near future? (See more)

- Why are oil and gas giants owed thousands of billions of dong in taxes?

A series of key petroleum enterprises owe thousands of billions of VND in taxes, making the public wonder "Why are they owed so much?". Mr. Giang Chan Tay, Director of Boi Ngoc LLC, acknowledged: The fact that enterprises owe huge taxes has been happening for many years but has not been revealed... Just because the policy is too backward, backward in terms of costs and management views, and backward in the ability to listen, enterprises always face difficulties and losses. From there, there is no enterprise that does not owe taxes. (See more)

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Hai Ha's petrol business records have been transferred to the police.

- Mr. Duc's daughter "takes action", Hoang Anh Gia Lai stock hits 8-year peak

HAG shares of Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint Stock Company in today's trading session (January 23) achieved positive developments in both price and liquidity. The shares of Mr. Doan Nguyen Duc's company (Bau Duc) reached 22.16 million matched shares, increasing sharply by 4.6% to 14,650 VND. At this price, HAG shares have officially surpassed the peak of the 2021-2022 period, setting a new peak since early October 2015 (according to Dan Tri).

- Bank sells hundreds of billions of dong debt of Suoi Cat tourist area owner

Agribank Binh Thuan Branch has just announced the auction of the debt of Suoi Cat Company Limited - the investor of Suoi Cat Tourist Area Project. This debt is classified as group 5 debt (debt with the possibility of losing capital) with the total debt value as of September 21, 2023 being 279 billion VND (of which the principal debt is 189 billion VND). (See more)

- Another house in Hoi An was seized by the bank related to tycoon Nguyen Lam Huy

Agribank Nha Be Branch has just announced the seizure of collateral to recover debt, which is the land use right for a 168m2 plot of land in Village 5, Cam Thanh Commune, Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province. The owner of the property is Nguyen Khang Tourism Trading and Service Company Limited (Nguyen Khang Company) and it is used as collateral for a loan from Thanh Tin Immigration Consulting Company Limited (Thanh Tin Company). Both of the above enterprises belong to the ecosystem of enterprises of businessman Nguyen Lam Huy. (See more)

- Before Lunar New Year, a votive paper business earns 2 billion VND per day

Yen Bai Forestry and Foodstuff Joint Stock Company (stock code: CAP) is the only enterprise selling votive paper money listed on the stock exchange. In the first quarter of the 2023-2024 fiscal year (from October 1 to December 31, 2023), the company achieved revenue of more than VND 186 billion, an increase of 18% over the same period last year. On average, the enterprise earns VND 2 billion per day (according to Dan Tri).

- Tet flight tickets are 'as tight as a bowstring', passengers are looking for ways to fly around

Some Tet flight tickets are sold out until the 30th of Tet, forcing passengers to find a way to return home. Authorities also issued warnings to avoid missing flights because the airport is overloaded during Tet. (See more)

Oil prices have leveled off after hitting $80 a barrel in the previous session. Rising tensions in the Middle East have pushed oil prices higher.

Gold price today on the world market decreased, surprisingly SJC gold price went against the world trend when in one day it increased 500 thousand VND/tael in both directions.

The stock market on January 23 recorded a decrease of 5.36 points for the VN-Index, down to 1,177.5 points. Red covered the HoSE floor, liquidity also decreased significantly. The HAG - HNG duo increased strongly, a rare bright spot in the gloomy picture.

The central exchange rate on January 23 was 24,030 VND/USD, down 1 VND compared to the previous session. The USD price at commercial banks on January 23 increased slightly, listed at the end of the session at 24,360 VND/USD (buy) and 24,730 VND/USD (sell). The international USD price also decreased.

Bank interest rates on January 23, 2024 witnessed a series of banks reducing deposit interest rates. In particular, interest rates for terms of 12 months or more decreased the most.