The 200 best businesses in the country were presented with the Vietnam Gold Star Award 2018 at a ceremony held in Hanoi on December 23 in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

Best Vietnamese firms honoured with Gold Star Award (Photo: VGP).
The 200 firms generated more than VND912 trillion (US$39
billion) in revenue and contributed over VND72 trillion (US$3 billion) to the
state budget this year. They posted an after-tax profit of about VND72 trillion
and created jobs for 417,000 people.
The top 10 in the list are VinGroup, Thanh Thanh Cong
Investment JSC, Hoa Binh Construction Group JSC, FPT JSC, Hoa Phat Group JSC,
Thien Long Group JSC, Century Land JSC, Traphaco JSC, Minh Phu Seafood JSC, and
An Cuong Wood Working JSC.
The Award honours the enterprises that have achieved good
business performance and sustainable development and undertaken good social
responsibility.
The Vietnam Gold Star Award marked its 15th anniversary
this year. It has honoured 2,127 brands and products so far, helping to promote
the stature of Vietnamese brands and businesses in the international economic
integration period.
It is organised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist
Youth Union Central Committee, the Vietnam Youth Federation Central Committee
and the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association.
Source: NDO
After more than four years of implementing a project launched by the Hoa Binh Party Committee’s Standing Board on developing agriculture and promoting product consumption linked with building new-style rural areas for the 2021-2025 period, the province’s industry and trade sector has made significant strides, greatly contributing to local socio-economic development.
Luong Son district has identified 2025 as the year for the accelerated breakthrough to successfully implement the socio-economic development plan for the 5-year period from 2021 to 2025. The district has been focusing on executing the plans and trying to achieve a GRDP growth rate of approximately 15%.
Since the beginning of this year, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the Sub-Department of Agricultural, Forestry, and Fishery Product Quality Management has strengthened the integration of the professional activities to promote and guide the organizations and individuals in the production and trading of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products to comply with the legal regulations regarding the use of chemicals, pesticides and veterinary medicines in crop cultivation, livestock farming and aquaculture. They also provide guidance to processing and manufacturing establishments on keeping the records to trace the product origins and using food additives from the approved list according to the regulations.
Hoa Binh province saw a significant rise in state budget revenue in the first two months of 2025, heard a meeting chaired by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Quach Tat Liem.
Ha Thi Ha Chi, a 26-year-old graduate in law, has taken an unconventional path by returning to her hometown in Mai Chau district to establish the Tong Dau Cooperative, creating stable jobs for local women and bringing Thai ethnic brocade weaving to the global market.
As the Lunar New Year 2025 approached, pork prices surged, creating a profitable season for farmers in Tan Vinh commune, Luong Son district. Taking advantage of the rising demand, Can Minh Son, a farmer from Coi hamlet, sold over 30 pigs at 69,000 VND/kg, each weighing more than 100 kg. After deducting expenses, his family earned a profit of over 50 million VND.