Fourteen listed companies on the HCM City Stock Exchange and Ha Noi Stock Exchange on Friday were honoured with the IR Awards for having the best investor relations in 2017 after being voted for by investors and financial institutions.

The awards this year were divided in three groups based on market capitalisation (large, medium and small and micro cap).

Winners of IR Awards voted by investors were Coteccons Construction JSC, Hau Giang Pharmaceutical Company, Viet Nam Dairy Products JSC (in large capital), Hoa Sen Group, Khang Dien Investment and Trading House JSC, Sai GonThuong Tin Real Estate JSC (in mid cap) and Digital World Corporation, Son Ha International Joint Stock Company and Construction Joint Stock Company No 3 (in small and micro cap).

While awardees for having IR activities highly evaluated by financial institutions were Coteccons Construction JSC, Hau Giang Pharmaceutical Company, Viet Nam Dairy Products JSC (in large cap), Binh Minh Plastics JSC, PetroVietnam Fertiliser and Chemicals Corporation, HCM City Securities Corporation (in mid cap), and Digital World Corporation, Hang Xanh Motors Service JSC, Duc Thanh Wood Processing JSC (in small and micro cap).

Held by the online newspaper Vietstock and the Viet Nam Association of Financial Executives (VAFE), the awards seek to raise awareness among listed companies of complying with disclosure requirements and relations with investors, especially shareholders, to develop an open, transparent and effective stock market. — VNS