Vinamilk says 7-month pretax profit rises 58 pct from last year

Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Co.(HOSE:VNM), the biggest company on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, said pretax profit in the January-July period rose more than 58 percent year on year to VND1.4 trillion (US$78.6 million).

Sales of the Ho Chi Minh City-based company, known as Vinamilk, increased 24 percent to almost VND5.9 trillion, Mai Kieu Lien, the company’s chairwoman and general director, said by phone Thursday.

thanhnien, Bloomberg

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