Author: Kevin Le

VPBank (VPB) has positive results in the fourth quarter of last year.— Photo VPBank  HÀ NỘI — Among companies that released fourth quarter results, many banks ended the year on a positive note.  With the growth of credit services, Vietcombank (VCB)’s profit surged in the fourth quarter of 2020 despite a double increase in cost contingency.  In the fourth quarter, the bank posted a rise of 20.3 per cent against 2019 to nearly VNĐ10.4 trillion in net interest income. Its profit from services recorded an outstanding performance, up 247 per cent against the same period to nearly VNĐ3.1 trillion. This result…

According to a recent report by Bloomberg, Apple is working on an improved MacBook Air that will have a redesigned design and new hardware. It’s supposed to arrive around the end of this year and now the author of the report has revealed a few more details about the design changes. The next-gen Air will sport a thinner and lighter chassis, while the screen would have reduced bezels, further reducing the footprint. We will also see the return of the MagSafe charging system. Plus, it will sport a more distinctive design that will set it apart from MacBook Pros. Along…

A customer performs a transaction at an MBBank transaction office. Photo MBBank HÀ NỘI — Bảo Minh Securities Corporation (BMI) has registered to sell all of its shares in Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MBB), according to an announcement from the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE). BMI is holding 1.242 million shares of MMB. The trading method will be matching orders or negotiation. The deal is expected to begin from January 20 to February 18. Vũ Thái Huyền, chairman of the board of BMI, is a member of the board of MBB. On the southern bourse, MBB declined 2.06 per cent…

Internal sources revealed to SamMobile that the company is working on a sequel to last year’s Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, which will come in three variants – Wi-Fi only, LTE, and 5G. The model numbers are SM-T730, SM-T735, and SM-T736B / SM-T736N, respectively. The exact name of the device is still unclear, as some believe it could be Galaxy Tab S7 Lite while others believe it is Tab S8e. Additionally, we should expect a larger version of this slimmed down model, although there are even fewer details. Source Source: GSMArena

A consumer buys meat at a Hapro supermarket in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Phương Anh HÀ NỘI —Demand for pork rises in the run up to Lunar New Year (Tết), prices are expected to increase, but not rise to the levels seen last year. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said out of 5.37 million tonnes of meat consumed during this period last year, 3.8 million tonnes were pork. Pig production remains healthy, and across 16 provinces the reproduction rate has topped 100 per cent, with more than 27 million animals available. However, Nguyễn Văn Trọng, deputy director…

The next addition to Realme’s line of TWS headphones will be the Buds Q2, a successor to last year’s Buds Q. A new FCC listing for the Buds Q2 reveals their design, main features and two colorways. Realme Buds Q2 List Bearing the model number RMA2010, the Buds Q2 features a similar design to their predecessor with an oval carrying case. Along with stealth black, the new model is also available in a shiny volt green colourway. The ear tips themselves appear almost identical in size to the original Buds Q, but the outer shell appears to have a larger…

While LG may or may not exit the smartphone market soon (there is a lot of conflicting information on this at the moment), at the moment the company is definitely still in the game. And that’s how he launched today a new device in India, the K42. This rugged-looking handset was originally announced in September of last year, but it’s finally made it to the subcontinent. Its price is INR 10,990 (around $ 150 or € 123 at current exchange rates). It will be available from Flipkart on January 26 in green and gray. If you buy a K42, you’ll…

Samsung’s semiconductor manufacturing arm is planning to invest around $ 10 billion in a factory in Texas, which is believed to produce 3nm chips, according to a new Chinese report. It would be its most advanced chipmaking plant in the world, and the location is meant to help Samsung reach more U.S. customers in its battle with Taiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC. Samsung’s plans are apparently only preliminary at this point, with the aim being to start construction this year and then install major equipment from 2022. As for the start of operations, it is scheduled for 2023. We will have…

Besides the Galaxy Tab S7 Lite, Samsung is also working on another even lower end tablet. We’re talking about the Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2021), the successor to the Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020), not surprisingly. This model launched in March of last year, so expect to see its successor around the same time. While waiting for the official introduction, we can now admire some very rough CAD-based renderings of the next tablet. These reveal rounded corners, slim bezels for this price, a single camera on the back, and no physical buttons on the front. There doesn’t appear to be…

The Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G, which made its global debut earlier this week and went on sale in India yesterday, receives its second software update. The first update (CPH2201_11_A.03) was released last month ahead of launch, which has optimized camera quality and system performance. The new update increases the level of Android security patch on the Reno5 Pro 5G through January 2021 and improves the stability and performance of the system. It also optimizes fingerprint unlocking and smoothness of videos taken with the camera. Oppo Reno5 Pro 5G software update The new version comes with the version number CPH2201_11_A.05 and…