* General Statistics Office announces April’s macroeconomic data with growth accelerating in almost all economic activities
*  ACV: Q1 2022 core profits improve thanks to GPM expansion - Earnings Flash
*  CTD: CTD continues to incur losses at EBIT level - Earnings Flash
*  CTG: Strong NOII growth salvages weak NII/pure NFI - Earnings Flash
*  GAS: Robust Q1 thanks to strong gas prices, solid volume - Earnings Flash
*  GEG: Resilient Q1 2022 profit in line with expectation - Earnings Flash
*  GVR: Q1 2022 profit surge driven by compensation income - Earnings Flash
*  HDB: Strong fee income, credit growth support bottom line - Earnings Flash
*  HPG: Upbeat Q1 profit amid high sales volume, steel prices - Earnings Flash
*  HSG: GPM collapses to three-year low as input costs surge - Earnings Flash
*  KBC: Weak land sales, non-cash abnormal gain in Q1 2022 - Earnings Flash
*  KDH: Strong Q1 2022 earnings thanks to land plot consolidation - Earnings Flash
*  MWG: Growth remains intact, BHX shows improvement - Earnings Flash
*  PC1: Solid quarter thanks to hydropower, new wind farms - Earnings Flash
*  POW: Strong CGM prices offset lower volumeStrong CGM prices offset lower volume - Earnings Flash
*   PVD: Q1 loss due to slow recovery of drilling segment - Earnings Flash
*   PVS: Q1 2022 recovery within our expectation - Earnings Flash
*  QNS: Mixed results despite strong soy milk sales - Earnings Flash
*  TLG: Strong Q1 earnings amid robust sales, resilient margin - Earnings Flash
*  VCB: VCB delivers encouraging YoY & QoQ increase in NIM - Earnings Flash
*  VEA: High input costs unwind robust vehicle sales growth – Earnings Flash
*  VHM: Ocean Park The Empire mega project to launch on April 30 - Earnings Flash
*   VIB: Weak NOII holds back bottom-line growth - Earnings Flash
*  VIC: Hospitality improvement, divestment gains in Q1 2022 - Earnings Flash
*  VNM: Slow domestic sales, impacted GPM – Eanrings Flash
*  BID: Management expects provisioning to ease in 2022 - AGM Note
*  CTG: Expecting to record upfront banca fee in Q2 2022 - AGM Note
*  LHG: Conservative guidance; expansion project to debut in 2024 - AGM Note
*  MSN: Foundation ready for a consumer-tech ecosystem - AGM Note & Earnings Flash
*  SCS: Capacity to expand, 85% bonus share plan approved - AGM Note
*  VCB: VCB enlisted to rehabilitate a zero dong bank - AGM Note
*  VPB: VPB’s 2022 PBT guidance blazes ahead of our forecast - AGM Note
*  Market wrap: Stocks climb 1.2%, but VN-Index finishes April down 8.4%

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Market wrap: Stocks climb 1.2%, but VN-Index finishes April down 8.4%

The VN-Index climbed 1.2% on Friday thanks to strong Q1 2022 earnings results from several companies. Nevertheless, the VN-Index fell nine tenths of a percent for the week, marking its fourth straight weekly loss. For the month of April, the VN-Index dropped 8.4% — its largest monthly decline since March 2020. 

*  VIC (+2.7%) was the leading contributor to the day’s gain. In addition, Vingroup subsidiaries VRE (+3.5%) and VHM (+0.8%) advanced. 

*  Most banks performed well, including TCB (+4.0%), ACB (+4.0%), BID (+1.5%) and VIB (+3.9%). However, VCB (-0.7%), CTG (-1.8%) and SSB (-1.3%) were among the day’s top contributing laggards. 

*  Industrial real estate developer BCM (+3.5%) gained 13.8% for the week. 

*  On the negative side, GAS (-1.6%) and SAB (-1.8%) both fell for the second day in a row.

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