Vietnam’s La Hien Cement JSC has announced a 20 per cent YoY increase in revenue to VND334.1bn (US$14.31m) for the first half of 2018. Furthermore, profit-after-tax surged 17 per cent to VND13.7bn in the 1H18.

Meanwhile, financial expenses fell 52.5 per cent to VND5.9bn from VND9bn recorded in the year-ago period.