ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh has called on Japanese businessmen to study possible investments in infrastructure across telecommunications, transportation, electricity, water supply, and environmental sanitation, to facilitate broader ASEAN connectivity.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is drafting a new Government decree with an aim to help the Government better manage the use of official development assistance (ODA) loans.

(VOV) - Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to sharpen their productivity in the lead up to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) formation later this year, economic experts at a recent seminar in Hanoi said.

(VOV) - Morocco is rapidly becoming an important player in the North African market, with its proximity making it attractive to Vietnamese businesses, which can use it as a hub for their African sales and operations.

The Dutch Lady brand of the dairy company FrieslandCampina Vietnam will hold a Family Farm festival from April 15 till 19 at Le Van Tam Park on Hai Ba Trung Street in Ho Chi Minh City ’s District 1.

Though the Laws on Competition and Consumer Rights Protection took effect many years ago, a majority of Vietnamese businesses and consumers do not understand their legal rights, a seminar heard on April 10 in HCM City.

The considerable potential of Vietnam's domestic retail market is being actively promoted by large retailers looking to expand their businesses at a faster pace.

Authorities in southern Binh Duong province hosted a ceremony on April 10 to grant licenses to 28 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$304 million, including 20 new and 8 added capital projects.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam’s (Vietcombank) chapter in northern Nam Dinh province formalised a deal to provide VND128 billion (US$5.9 million) for Chinese-invested Yulun company to build its yarn-producing factory in the locality. 

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and the Vietnam Lilama Mechanical Corporation (Lilama) signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the Song Hau 1 thermoelectricity plant project in Hanoi on April 10.

(VOV) - Vietnam's leading property developer Vingroup announced on April 10 that it is acquiring all of the outstanding shares of a subsidiary supermarket chain of 39 stores currently owned by the Vinatex group.

(VOV) -Deputy Prime Minister cum Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has highlighted the Kunming Iron & Steel Group Co.Ltd (KISC)’s investment cooperation with Vietnam as a contribution to stimulating the local socio-economic development and deepening the time-honoured friendship between Vietnam and China.

(VOV) -Around 30 senior policy officers and industry representatives from ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand gathered at an investment policy workshop entitled Facilitating Implementation and Business Utilization of ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) in Ho Chi Minh City on 8-9 April.

(VOV) - The US and Asia are offering an ever-expanding market and sweet opportunity for Vietnam honey exporters.

(VOV) -Russian foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam is at record levels with 106 separate investments totalling roughly US$1.95 billion, according to the latest statistics from the Foreign Investment Agency.

A business delegation has flown to Austria to participate in a workshop on attracting investment for Vietnam's supporting industries.

Vietnam's Eximbank, 15.07% owned by Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp , is in talks with unlisted domestic lender Nam A Bank about a possible merger, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

(VOV) - FoodPanda Vietnam under the Rocket Internet AG – the world’s largest online food ordering platform has unveiled its cooperative strategy to cooperate with BBQ Chicken to operate exclusively in Vietnam in the long-term.

Uber Technologies Inc. has launched budget car sharing service UberX in Vietnam with charges much lower than the taxi fares in Hanoi and HCM City.

US telecom group AT&T is aiming for the Vietnamese market by providing monitoring and positioning services for the transportation sector and connecting cars via 3G and 4G technology, cooperating with Viettel.

Foreign beer producers are flocking to Vietnam, salivating at the potential of the market, which was last year the third largest beer consumer in all of Asia.

The domestic steel sector would face difficulties due to fierce competition from imported steel, and the sharply reduced taxes levied on such imports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

The Department of Market Management under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Cooperative Vereniging SNB–REACT U.A (React), an anti-counterfeit network in Vietnam, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in combating fake goods and enforcing intellectual property rights. 

Ho Chi Minh City kicked off simultaneous exhibitions of garment and cosmetics industries on April 9. 

The southern province of Binh Duong’s Customs Department held a dialogue with Taiwanese-financed enterprises on customs clearance, tax declarations and import and export activities on April 9. 

The signing and implementation of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) will be a great and important step, lifting the time-honoured relationship between Vietnam and EEU members to a new height. 

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Vuong Dinh Hue asked the World Bank to support the Commission in policymaking, especially national industry policy. 

Foreign investment has helped drive industrialisation and modernisation in Vietnam via the supply of capital and technology and contribution to the State budget, heard a conference held in Hanoi on April 9.

Eight build-operate-transfer (BOT) transport projects with total investment capital of VND22 trillion (US$1 billion) are expected to commence in the second quarter of 2015, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Enterprises from the Philippines are looking for opportunities to meet with Vietnamese partners to expand connections across food processing, cosmetics, hotels and construction.