Vietnam has attracted US$8.8 billion in foreign direct investment in the year-to-date, an 8% fall year-on-year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency reported.

The fourth annual conference on Vietnam-Cambodia-Laos economic cooperation was held in Da Lat city in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on July 27.

The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ho Chi Minh City thus far this year has reached US$2.5 billion, up 2.3 times from the same period last year, according to the municipal People’s Committee.

Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo is calling for foreign investment in tourism to boost its contributions to the economy alongside agriculture and oil and gas industries. 

Vietnam and the UK posted 1.32 billion GBP worth of trade revenue within the first five months of 2015, climbing seven percent from 2014 according to the Vietnam Commercial Office at the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK. 

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) plans to expand oil and gas exploration and production activities in foreign countries.

(VOV) - The Generali Vietnam Life Insurance (GVL) has officially inaugurated its modern customer service centre and insurance consulting office in the northern city of Hai Phong. 

With foreign ownership of houses and apartments now allowed in Vietnam, international customers and brokers have begun frequenting real estate showrooms in Ho Chi Minh City, while realty developers are boosting promotional campaigns to attract the new category of buyers.

Dairy producers have poured big money into milk-cow farming projects in order to control input materials and win the competition in the domestic market.

(VOV) -Imports of frozen bone-in pork and chicken parts have jumped in the early months of 2015 and are expected to grow by leaps and bounds in coming years, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) will cooperate with Vingroup in initiating steps to invest in the upgrade of railway stations.

The northern province of Bac Giang has earned around about US$123.8 million from lychees so far this year. 

(VOV) - Vietnam had to import US$463 million worth of pesticides and raw materials in the first seven months of this year.

ASEAN investment inflows to Vietnam are expected to surge in the coming months, when many large projects are licensed and the ASEAN Economic Community is established.

(VOV) - The A321 aircraft - ceo with Sharklets coded VN-A660 of the low-cost Vietjet Air has landed in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport from Hamburg, Germany. 

Doubts are raising about the viability of state-owned enterprises equitisation plan this year.

The appearance of PTT in Vietnam has raised curiosity about how the petroleum market, in which Dung Quat satisfies one-third of demand, is restructured.

Japan’s Creed Group, a real estate firm specialising in principal investment and property development, signed a US$200 million contract on July 26 with An Gia Investment and officially becoming a player in Ho Chi Minh City’s property market. 

Representatives from the Embassy of Vietnam in Argentina and Uruguay and the National Chamber of Commerce and Service of Uruguay held a working session on July 25 on ways to boost economic and trade ties between the two countries.

(VOV) - After a few difficult years brought about by the global economic recession, Vietnam’s leather and footwear industry has been a key factor underpinning the resilience of the nation’s economic growth and employment.

The finance market has heated up with a series of large bond issuance campaigns launched by major companies.

Local economists have advised the government to be extremely careful with spending because its public debt has reached a dangerously high level. 

Vietnamese retailers have withdrawn from the convenience store market after a long period of incurring losses, leaving the market more open to foreign retailers, who have been expanding their chains.

The implementation of the revised Law on Real Estate Business is expected to attract a range of new investors to the office for lease market.

Ho Chi Minh City's monorail line No 2 linking District 8 with the Thanh Da - Binh Quoi Urban Area in Binh Thanh district will cost over VND15 trillion (nearly US$690 million).

Ho Chi Minh City pledges to offer incentives for investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in trade and tourism in the city. 

Vietnam was chosen as a main partner of the 12th Asia-Pacific economic forum held in the German state of Bayern on July 23 with the engagement of nearly 200 businesses.

(VOV) - The nation’s trade deficit grew by more than US$3.07 billion in the six months leading up to July 2015— a further vindication of the nation’s improving economy, reports the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

(VOV) - A Vietnamese company, Tocontap Saigon JSC, recently collaborated with seven Japanese businesses to sponsor a seminar introducing nutritional supplements from Nara prefecture in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Vietnam exporters shipments of crab to Australia during the five months leading up to June enjoyed a robust year-on-year rise of nearly 185% to hit a record setting US$889.000, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia.