VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea’s CJ Group will invest an additional sum of US$500 million in Vietnam, bringing its total registered capital to US$900 million, said CJ Vietnam CEO Chang Bok Sang.

An Indonesian tobacco firm has raised objection to a Vietnamese cigarette producer registering two of its brands.

Vietnam’s game programming technology is developing robustly as many local game studios want to go beyond the international game market. The race in the computer game programming industry in Vietnam is hotter than ever.

President Truong Tan Sang visited the Viettel Tanzania (Halotel) Company – a member of the military-run telecom group Viettel in the East African country and talked online to Vietnamese workers at the company’s branches. 

The review of Vietnam’s laws to make them consistent with the country’s EVFTA commitments on Customs and Trade facilitation has focused more on the field of customs with little attention on trade facilitation. 

A meeting to share opportunities and address challenges in business processes was opened in the southern province of Dong Nai on March 10 with the participation of over 300 enterprises.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has announced plans to launch an all-out integrated marketing campaign titled – Weeks of Vietnamese Goods – in France and Italy this summer.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is among three leading countries that have the highest number of investors in the Vietnamese stock market, Chairman of the State Securities Commission Vu Bang said at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 10.

VOV.VN - Gentherm, the global market leader and a developer of innovative thermal management technologies, announced on March 10 that it has expanded its production capacity in the fast growing Asia market of Vietnam.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City on March 9 worked with the Japanese company Toshin Development on a plan for building a underground trade centre in the downtown Ben Thanh area.

VOV.VN - The government must adequately prepare local businesspeople for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), said Nguyen Tran Bat – engineer, lawyer and now Chairman and General Director of InvestConsult Group.

VOV.VN - Organizers have extended an invitation to all in the community to attend the Saigon Startup Fest, a business planning competition they’re hosting on March 12 at the Independence Palace in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s major plastic manufacturer, Rang Dong Plastic Joint Stock Company, and Japan’s Sojitz Pla-Net Corporation on March 9 signed a strategic business agreement to provide new distribution solutions for ancillary industries in the plastic sector.

Vietnam National Shipping Lines will make an initial public offering (IPO) in Q1 of 2016, said Vu Anh Minh, Director of the Ministry of Transport’s enterprise management department.

500 Startups will invest a total of US$10 million in Vietnam’s startup ecosystem, the US-based startup incubator announced on March 8.

The Turkish government on March 4 terminated investigations into mobile phones imported from Vietnam without safeguard measures, according to the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA).

Vietnam B.V., a subsidiary of Rosneft Group, has started drilling exploration well PLDD-1X at Block 06.1, located offshore Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Hanoi attracted the most foreign direct investment in the first two months of 2016: US$250 million, 13% of Vietnam’s total. The figure is the result of the city’s efforts to simplify administrative procedures and improve its investment environment.

President Truong Tan Sang and Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa attended a business forum between Vietnamese and Tanzanian enterprises in Dar Es Salaam city on March 9.

The Vietnam Macadamia Association has been officially set up under a decision by the Ministry of Interior Affairs. LienVietPost Bank and Him Lam JSC were two major businesses lobbying for the association.

Only foreign-invested automobile manufacturers can benefit from the current investment incentives, while Vietnamese automobile cannot grow, experts say.

Specialists and relevant agencies of southern Binh Phuoc province are working to develop geographical indications (GIs) for local cashew products, ultimately raising the goods’ competitiveness in foreign markets. 

VOV.VN -With the spread of mobile technology, it has become easier for small businesses to maintain regular contact with their customers online and many Vietnamese vendors report new social promos are popping up everywhere.

Damco, one of the world's leading third-party logistics providers, has unveiled its expanded Southern Vietnam Logistics Center in Binh Duong province.

VOV.VN - A delegation of Dutch investors arrived in southern Binh Duong province on March 9 to explore investment opportunities in different sectors of the economy, especially in the agro-processing and hospitality sectors.

Phu Quoc Island welcomed the first arrival of the premier nonstop flight on a B-787 Dreamliner from Sweden on March 8.

Vietnam imports around 5,000 tonnes of tuna for local consumption demand every year, according to an official of the Vietnam Tuna Association.

Vietnam’s leather and footwear industry expects to reach a total export value of US$17 billion this year, partly due to advantageous business conditions.

Thailand is likely to face a challenge at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) from Brazil over subsidies for sugar producers, according to local media.

Dynamic youth are likely to help Ho Chi Minh City realise its goal of doubling the number of enterprises in 2020, visiting senior advisor to the US Secretary of State David Thorne said to local authorities on March 8.