More incentives are needed to lure potential foreign investors, many of whom acknowledge Vietnam’s potential but remain on the fence.

(VOV) - Businesses from France and Vietnam met in Paris on November 30 to seek cooperative opportunities and discuss measures to boost bilateral trade and investment cooperation.

DC Developing Markets Strategies and Norges Bank Investment Management, both under the management of Dragon Capital, have announced they will buy additional shares in Vinamilk.

The Vietnam Business Forum 2015 and the Vietnam Development Partnership Forum 2015 will open this week as a platform for the Vietnamese government and the business and donor communities to discuss measures to improve the nation’s investment climate and socio-economic development amid the increasingly deeper global integration.

Citing local production protection, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) wants to ease the import tariffs on automobile parts. However, the move could 'fatten’ foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) only, while local manufacturers will not see benefits.

After five years of implementation, Nescafé Plan- a cooperative programme between the world's leading nutrition, health, and wellness company Nestlé, Western Highlands Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute (WASI), and other partners- has contributed to improving the quality and raising coffee yield by 14 per cent per hectare (ha). 

Developing professional human resources staff for the tourism industry is an important step for Vietnam as a member of the ASEAN Economic Community, officials of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) said at a recent press conference  in Ho Chi Minh City.

FPT, Vietcombank, PetroVietnam Gas (PVGas), Vinamilk, and Vingroup are five Vietnamese enterprises that appeared on the Asia300 report, which was released recently by Nikkei Asian Review.

The Ho Chi Minh City economy has maintained an increasingly positive trend and a stable economic growth in the first 11 months of the year, creating favourable conditions to achieve the year's socio-economic targets, according to a report from the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Research and Development.

The creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) as part of the three key pillars of the ASEAN Community aims to develop a stable, prosperous, highly competitive economic association.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) ratified the country’s free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam on November 30.

(VOV) -Vietnam was disappointed about the US Department of Agriculture’s plan to inspect fish of Siluriformes family including tra and basa fish in the country.

(VOV) - Vinhomes Investors Club, which promises to be a premier real estate investment club providing quality real estate investment education and resources for its members, guests and friends, has officially launched, according to its President Huynh Du An. 

(VOV) - The greatest impact for the US beef industry brought about by the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is expected to be in Vietnam and Japan, according to US beef industry experts.

Thousands of gifts, including a grand prize, which is VND2 billion premium Dragon City apartment, will be up for grabs for customers flying with low-cost carrier VietJet Air from December 1, 2015 – January 5, 2016.

(VOV) - For the nine months leading up to October 2015, exports by businesses in the Chinese province of Yunnan to Vietnam jumped 21.4% year-over-year to US$1.05 billion, according to official sources, reports Chinadaily.com.

A shipbuilding firm under the management of the Ministry of Defense organized a ceremony on November 30 to launch a brand new coast guard vessel in central Vietnam.

(VOV) - Over the past year international trade agreements have been a hot issue in Vietnamese news and politics, particularly the benefits that might flow from the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam reached an estimated US$13.2 billion from the beginning of 2015 until November 20, up 17.9% against 2014.

(VOV) - VIP Greenport has been launched in the northern port city of HaiPhong as the result of effective cooperation between the Vietnam Container Shipping Stock Company(VICONSHIP) and foreign partners to develop port services towards building a green port model in the future.

The Clarin, one of the largest newspapers in Argentina, ran an article on November 28 entitled “ Vietnam takes off from its agriculture” (Vietnam despega de la mano de su agro), praising the achievements and prospects of the sector in Vietnam.

The number of Vietnamese tourists visiting Japan has constantly increased, while on the other side, Vietnam has failed to pull Japanese holidaymakers.

Trade, investment, labor ... liberalization is seen as a big opportunity for Vietnam when the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is established, but it also a great challenge because of Vietnam’s level of integration.

The southern economic hub of HCM City has been ranked 32nd on a list of the 65 best main streets in the world in Cushman & Wakefield's 27th "Main Streets Across The World" report.

International logistics co-operation is essential for Vietnam, especially in the context of global integration and ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), delegates heard at an international logistics conference held in HCM City on November 29.

More than 86,800 new enterprises were registered in 11 months ending in November, a 28.1% year-on-year increase, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

A workshop highlighting Vietnam’s Doi Moi (renewal), development and integration was held in the Polish capital of Warsaw on November 27 as part of activities to mark the 65th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Difficulties facing domestic and foreign enterprises in implementing the latest customs legal documents were discussed at a recent workshop in Ho Chi Minh City. 

(VOV) - The Trans-Pacific partnership agreement offers a major opportunity and challenge for Vietnam’s agriculture exports. But currently seafood and rice exports are underperforming expectations.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on November 27 ordered local governments and state agencies to collect VND70 trillion (US$3.06 billion) in back taxes by the end of the year amid budget concerns.