Billion-dollar car license plate auction; gold giant fined 13 billion

- A series of five-digit license plates were auctioned online

Today, Vietnam Joint Stock Auction Company reorganized the auction of a series of five-digit number plates 5. The super beautiful number plates in the first auction were all bid at very high prices. In which, license plate 51K-888.88 (HCMC) was over 32.34 billion VND; 43A-799.99 (Da Nang) was 1.16 billion VND; 47A-599.99 (Dak Lak) was 1.37 billion VND; license plate 36A-999.99 (Thanh Hoa) was bid at 7.44 billion VND; license plate 99A-666.66 (Bac Ninh) was 4.27 billion VND; license plate 30K-555.55 ( Hanoi ) was nearly 14.2 billion VND; license plate 19A-555.55 (Phu Tho) was over 2.6 billion VND (according to Tien Phong).

- The plan to implement Power Plan 8 was criticized as not feasible.

The Government Office has just issued a document to convey the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at the meeting on the draft plan to implement Power Plan 8. The conclusion clearly states: Despite great efforts and attempts in the process of building and perfecting, the draft plan to implement Power Plan 8 submitted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to the Prime Minister still does not fully meet the detailed requirements for feasible and effective implementation and the procedures and order are not yet complete according to regulations. (See more)

- What does EVN report about leadership responsibility for power shortage?

The Electricity Corporation (EVN) has just sent the Ministry of Industry and Trade the results of the implementation of the Inspection Conclusion No. 4463/KL-BCT dated July 10 of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Accordingly, EVN and the Capital Management Committee have organized many conferences to review the responsibilities of groups and individuals related to the power shortage that the Ministry of Industry and Trade Inspectorate has concluded and the Corporation is waiting for the opinion of the Capital Management Committee. (See more)

- What did the Ministry of Construction say about the mini apartment fire in Hanoi?

Mr. Vu Ngoc Anh, Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Environment (Ministry of Construction) pointed out that leaving a skylight in the mini apartment building that just caught fire in Khuong Ha, Hanoi is very dangerous, when it catches fire, smoke rises very quickly. (See more)

- Not regulated by law, 95% of mini apartments are built without permission

Mr. Pham Duc Toan, General Director of EZ Real Estate Investment and Development Joint Stock Company, affirmed that currently, mini apartments are a concept swap of a type of housing that is not regulated by law. Mr. Toan commented that up to 95% of mini apartments on the market are currently built illegally, the investors are licensed to build individual houses but violate the law (according to VTC News).

Mini apartment building in Khuong Ha, Khuong Dinh, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi caught fire (Photo: Nguyen Le)

- Banking credit capital focuses on the strong sectors and industries of the Mekong Delta.

On the afternoon of September 15, in Can Tho City, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) coordinated with the People's Committee of Can Tho City to organize a Conference on Promoting Credit Support for Enterprises in the Rice and Aquaculture Sectors of the Mekong Delta (MD). The credit flow of the banking sector has focused on the fields and industries that are the strengths and key sectors of the MD (according to the Government Newspaper).

- Domestic enterprises want to build a $6.7 billion super port with American partners

Gemadept Corporation currently owns 7 large port clusters across the country and is still planning to expand the Nam Dinh Vu and Gemalink port clusters as well as invest in the Cai Mep Ha super port with an American partner. (See more)

- A gold trading company was fined and had to pay tens of billions of dong in back taxes.

Phu Nhuan Jewelry Company (PNJ) has just announced that it has received a decision from the General Department of Taxation on handling administrative violations related to taxes. Accordingly, PNJ must pay fines and additional taxes totaling more than 13 billion VND (according to Nguoi Lao Dong).

- VinFast's capitalization is still nearly 39 billion USD

VinFast shares fell in price at the beginning of trading on September 14 on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Its capitalization fell below 38.8 billion USD, ranking 14th in the world's car industry. (See more)

- Bamboo Airways' leadership changed again

For the third time this year, Bamboo Airways Joint Stock Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders. Bamboo Airways' leadership continued to change when the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in 2023 dismissed 3 members and added 1 member of the board of directors. (See more)

- Techcombank chairman's daughter bought more than 82 million TCB shares

Ms. Ho Thuy Anh, daughter of Techcombank Chairman Ho Hung Anh, has completed the purchase of 82 million TCB shares, worth about VND2,700 billion, increasing her ownership to 104.6 million shares, equivalent to 2.97%. The transaction was conducted from September 5-8 by negotiation (according to Dan Tri).

- Sold over 5 million shares after more than 1 year, the vice president's wife just announced

Ms. Nguyen Thi My Hanh, wife of Mr. Dang Quang Hanh, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tan Tao Investment and Industry Corporation (ITA), secretly traded shares, delaying information disclosure for more than 1 year. Before the transaction, Ms. Hanh held 4.1 million ITA shares. She bought an additional 1.1 million shares, then sold more than 5.2 million units between June 6 and September 5, 2022. (See more)

- Exposing a cashew smuggling ring, appropriating more than 120 billion VND in taxes

The Southern Anti-Smuggling Control Team under the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department - General Department of Customs has just exposed the fraudulent tricks of a business in Binh Duong when it declared to import 78,000 tons of cashews for export production but sold them in the domestic market to evade taxes, with the amount of money embezzled more than 120 billion VND (according to Tien Phong).

Oil prices on the world market today reached a 10-month high. Brent crude oil prices exceeded 94 USD/barrel, WTI crude oil prices exceeded 90 USD/barrel.

On the stock market , VN-Index increased 3.55 points today, to 1,227.36 points. Internally, most sectors are divided, especially real estate and banking.

The USD price at commercial banks today increased sharply, exceeding 24,400 VND/USD in the selling direction, reaching the highest level since the beginning of the year. The central exchange rate also increased rapidly, reaching the highest level in history. The world USD price today tends to slow down after a high increase.

The world gold price today turned to increase despite a series of economic data released by the US. The domestic gold price also increased. The price of SJC gold bars and gold rings both increased by 200 thousand VND/tael.

Today's bank interest rates recorded another reduction. Since the beginning of September, 21 banks have reduced interest rates.

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