Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev advocated for expanding bilateral cooperation beyond oil & gas and energy during the Vietnam-Russia business forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 7. 

Practical measures will be taken for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to attract VND550 billion (US$25.5 million) in investment during the second quarter of this year, according to the provincial industrial zone (IZ) management board.

(VOV) - Vietnamese businesses will have numerous successful opportunities to invest in cuisine, information technology services, construction and tourism in Myanmar, said Nguyen Van My from Lua Viet Travel Company.

The Vietnamese Government has ratified a trade agreement with Laos, inked on March 3 this year. 

Piaggio Vietnam, part of the Italian scooter giant Piaggio Group, is considering increasing its presence in the Vietnamese market through stepping into larger-wheel scooter segment this year.

A series of foreign direct investment projects in the garment sector will be started in the central region of Vietnam over the next months.

Businesses in the seafood processing sector are clearly divided into two sides: those who are acquiring businesses to strengthen their foothold and those who are selling their firms to both domestic and foreign partners.

Vietnam exported 57,927 tonnes of cashew worth US$409.18 million in the first quarter.

The government has decided to raise the Vietnam Asset Management Company's (VAMC) charter capital to VND2 trillion (US$93.89 million) from VND500 billion (US$23.47 million).

The General Department of Taxation said during an online meeting on April 6 that it would step up tax reforms to improve the business environment.

The southern province of Dong Nai had 1,161 registered foreign-direct-investment (FDI) projects with a combined capital of US$21.87 billion at the end of March. 

(VOV) - The impact of Vietnam’s new enterprise and investment laws on the country’s business climate was the topic under discussion at a seminar in Hanoi on April 6 held by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

The Ministry of Transport has announced that rights to operate airport services will be sold first to local investors, ending the recent controversy over who should be allowed to enter the business when Vietnam privatizes its aviation sector. 

Strong Vietnamese brands, one after another, have fallen into the hands of foreign international groups, a number of analysts have said. 

2014 was a difficult year for hoteliers. However, the demand for hotel managers remains very high in Vietnam.

A company based in the central province of Khanh Hoa was recently recognised as the owner of the biggest number of salangane islands and the highest yield of natural salangane nests in Asia.

Through public-private partnerships, foreign companies in the food sector have been participating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in an effort to support farmers’ cultivation of input materials, and in so doing, optimize their supply chain.

The most important segment of the Mekong Delta highway system, the My Thuan – Can Tho highway, will kick off by the end of the year.

The domestic mechanical engineering sector needs to change dramatically to become one of the "spearhead" industries designated by the Government, insiders have said.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has approved the plan for the third phase of the industrial complex project in 20 provinces.

The Ho Chi Minh City Association of Women Entrepreneurs (HAWEE) convened its first Congress for the 2015-2020 tenure on April 5, with Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan in presence. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has given approval to the management regulations the Ministry of Transport proposed late last year to be applied for the operations of ridesharing app Uber in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese unit of the world’s largest carmaker Toyota is considering putting an end on production and switch to import to enjoy the preferential tax treatment a trade pact will offer in the next three years.

Over 5,100 apartments in the mid- and high-end bracket from 17 projects in Ho Chi Minh City were sold during the first quarter of 2015, up 163% from the same period last year. 

(VOV) -One of the world’s largest container ships pulled into the Cai Mep international port on April 3 carrying 1,350 containers for Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) Company based out of Japan.

The Phu Quoc island district has become a magnet for tourism property developers in recent years, owing to its friendly policies aimed at transforming the island into a tourist paradise.

(VOV) -Managers, scientists and businesses compared notes on policies to improve the investment climate in the northwestern region at an  investment promotion conference opened in Moc Chau district, Son La province on April 4.

(VOV) - There is a growing realization that the housing market with its vast array of housing projects is heating up and driving up real estate prices in an unsustainable fashion.

More than 5,000 businesses became operational again in the first quarter of this year, posting a 10 per cent year-on-year increase.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s combined imports and exports with the 33 countries comprising the Latin American market shot up 40.7% on-year to hit US$9.5 billion in three months leading up to April.