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
According to data from the Hoa Binh Provincial Party Committee, the industrial production index for the first six months of 2025 is estimated to have increased by 20% compared to the same period last year. This marks the highest year-on-year growth rate for this period since 2020.
In the first six months of 2025, Hoa Binh province’s export turnover was estimated at 1.145 billion USD, marking an 18.11% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Import turnover was estimated at $ 804 million, a 17.15% increase, which helped the province maintain a positive trade balance.
The lives of the ethnic minority farmers in Tan Lac district have gradually improved thanks to the new directions in agricultural production. This is a testament to the collective strength fostered through the professional associations and groups implemented by various levels of the district’s Farmers’ Union.
With the motto the "product quality comes first,” after nearly one year of establishment and operation, Muong village’s Clean Food Agricultural and Commercial Cooperative, located in Cau Hamlet, Hung Son Commune (Kim Boi district), has launched reputable, high-quality agricultural products to the market that are well-received by consumers. The products such as Muong village’s pork sausage, salt-cured chicken, and salt-cured pork hocks have gradually carved out a place in the market and they are on the path to obtaining the OCOP certification.
In the past, the phrase "bumper harvest, rock-bottom prices" was a familiar refrain for Vietnamese farmers engaged in fragmented, small-scale agriculture. But today, a new spirit is emerging across rural areas of Hoa Binh province - one of collaboration, organisation, and collective economic models that provide a stable foundation for production.
Maintaining growing area codes and packing facility codes in accordance with regulations is a mandatory requirement for agricultural products to be eligible for export. Recently, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Hoa Binh province has intensified technical supervision of designated farming areas and packing facilities to safeguard the "green passport" that enables its products to access international markets.
