Numerous businesses are revisiting the idea of issuing shares to the public for their initial public offering (IPO), which presents fresh investment prospects but also carries considerable risks.

Vietnam Report and the online newspaper Vietnamnet have announced a list of the 500 most profitable companies (PROFIT500) in Vietnam in 2023.

The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HOSE: HDB) has reported pre-tax profit of 4.19 trillion VND (183.9 million USD) for the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 44.2 percent and equivalent to 58 percent of the full-year target.