Surprisingly, a fair organizer's profit surpassed many banks.

Among the companies leading in terms of profits on the stock exchange is a company that organizes exhibitions.

The business results of the second quarter of 2025 and the first 6 months of 2025 of many enterprises on the stock exchange have been announced. Among them, the banking group continues to have many units leading in profits, but surprisingly, Vietnam Exhibition Fair Center Joint Stock Company (stock code VEF) rose to the second position.

Vietnam Exhibition Fair Center Joint Stock Company has profits surpassing many banks

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Among the banks that have announced their business results for the first half of this year, Vietcombank (VCB) continues to hold the top position with a cumulative pre-tax profit of VND21,893.8 billion in the first 6 months, up 5% over the same period in 2024. In second place is Vietnam Exhibition Fair Center Joint Stock Company - a subsidiary of Vingroup. In the second quarter of 2025, VEF recorded a pre-tax profit of VND440 billion, more than 3 times higher than the same period last year. Previously, in the first quarter of 2025, the company reported a pre-tax profit of up to VND18,605 billion. Thanks to that, the total pre-tax profit of this company in the first 6 months of the year reached a record of VND19,081 billion, surpassing a series of "big" banks. If we only consider the profit growth rate in the first 6 months of this year, this is the leading company with a growth rate of up to 8,341%.

Next is VietinBank (stock code CTG) with 6-month pre-tax profit of more than VND 18,920 billion, up 46% over the same period last year. Meanwhile, BIDV recorded 6-month pre-tax profit of nearly VND 16,038 billion, stable compared to the same period in 2024 and currently ranks 4th among the most profitable enterprises on the stock exchange. Thus, VietinBank has surpassed BIDV in the first half of this year.

The next most profitable banks in the top 10 listed companies include Military Bank (stock code MBB) with consolidated pre-tax profit of nearly VND15,900 billion, up 18% year-on-year; Techcombank (TCB) had pre-tax profit in the first half of the year of nearly VND15,135 billion, down slightly year-on-year; VPBank (VPB) achieved consolidated pre-tax profit of VND11,229.4 billion, up 29% year-on-year andACB recorded pre-tax profit of nearly VND10,690 billion - up slightly year-on-year.

In addition to Vietnam Exhibition Fair Center Joint Stock Company, billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong's Vingroup Corporation is also in the list of 10 leading units in terms of profit when recording pre-tax profit in the first 6 months of this year reaching 11,044 billion VND, up 68% over the same period last year with growth from real estate, technology, electric car manufacturing... At the same time, Vinhomes Company (VHM) under Vingroup also had consolidated pre-tax profit in the first 6 months reaching 12,945 billion VND, down slightly compared to the same period but still higher than its parent company Vingroup. In the second quarter of 2025, Vinhomes launched two new projects including Vinhomes Golden City (Duong Kinh, Hai Phong) and Vinhomes Green City (Hau Nghia, Ho Chi Minh City). These are expected to be growth drivers in the final period of the year...

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bat-ngo-mot-doanh-nghiep-to-chuc-hoi-cho-co-loi-nhuan-vuot-mat-nhieu-ngan-hang-18525080409371433.htm