Container shipping firm list shares on HOSE

The South Vietnam Container Shipping Joint Stock Company (Viconship Saigon) on Sept. 18 listed more than 11 million shares on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE).

The shares, coded VSG, were traded at 20,000 VND (around 1.2 USD) per unit on the first trading session.

Viconship Saigon is the stock exchange’s 160th member, right after the Cuu Long pharmaceutical company (Pharimexco) that went on bourse on Sept. 17.

Viconship Saigon has a charter capital of 110.44 billion VND (6.7 million USD), 30 percent of which is owned by the State represented by the Vietnam Shipping Corporation (Vinalines).

HOSE Deputy General Director Le Nhi Nang said all 160 firms listed at the bourse are currently valued at 200 trillion VND (over 12 billion USD).

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