Vingroup’s hotel unit Vinpearl shares up 19.9% on listing day

Vingroup's hotel unit Vinpearl shares up 19.9% on listing day Vingroup's hotel unit Vinpearl shares up 19.9% on listing day

HANOI — Shares of Vinpearl, the hotel and leisure unit of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, were listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange on Tuesday.

Trading at the maximum allowed price on the first listing day values the company at $5.9 billion, close to the valuations of blue-chip companies such as IT giant FPT and the country’s top steelmaker, Hoa phat.