Hong Kong’s Esquel Group - one of the world’s leading producers of premium cotton shirts – plans to expand investment and production in the southern province of Binh Duong in the coming time.

(VOV) -Neil MacGregor, Managing Director of Savills Vietnam - the leading real estate developer in Vietnam, described the country as an important destination in Southeast Asia for real estate investors from Japan, Singapore, and the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) -The Government of Vietnam always does its utmost to create favourable conditions and ensure safety for investors to do long-term business in the country long-term, affirmed Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

(VOV) - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held a seminar in Hanoi on June 5, launching two projects to accelerate the restructuring of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and credit organisations. 

(VOV) - Hanoi hosted a seminar on June 4 discussing the unique aspects of increased competition with international rivals in the retail market brought about by Vietnam’s open market commitments.

(VOV) - The mid-term Vietnam Business Forum (MVBF) themed “Agenda to Action – Preparing for New Trade Agreements” opens in Hanoi on June 5.

(VOV) - Official data for the first four months of 2014 were mixed, showing overall Vietnamese exports to Australia grew modestly by 11.5% over last year’s same period, tallying in at US$1.068 billion. 

(VOV) - Overall business conditions in the manufacturing sector strengthened in May amid an ongoing increase in client demand as output increased for the eighth consecutive month amid another solid expansion in new business, according to the HSBC Vietnam Manufacturing PMI report.

The government should help home enterprises enact a strategy on improving business climate and national competitive edge, first introduced in March, economic experts suggested at a workshop in Hanoi on June 4. 

Leaders of the northern port city of Haiphong have pledged to continue ensuring safety to foreign invested enterprises in the locality. 

(VOV) - Representatives of 40 businesses of Vietnam and Hungary attended a recent Vietnam-Hungary Business Forum organised in the framework of the 4th session of the Vietnam - Hungary Joint Committee, the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine (VBF) reported on June 3.

(VOV) -On June 4, the southern province of Binh Duong granted investment licenses to 41 projects totally capitalized at nearly US$155 million, mostly from foreign direct investment (FDI).

(VOV) -The annual Vietnam-Singapore Business Forum 2014 (VSBF) opened in HCM City on June 4, attracting more than a hundred representatives from the two countries’ leading businesses.

(VOV) - Doosan Vina announced that the eighth and final shipment of the first “Made in Vietnam” Supercritical-Once-thru power plant boiler has been loaded and shipped to Kudgi, India after fifteen months of manufacture.  

(VOV) - Diversifying markets overseas is an effective way to sustain Vietnam’s export growth and strike its trade balance with China, experts said in Hanoi on June 3.

(VOV) - Energy technology firms from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) signed contracts totalling US$32 million at the 6th International Exhibition on Environment and Energy Technology (Entech) recently held in Hanoi.

Consumer habits of Vietnamese are changing, with an increasing number looking to purchase their desired products through affordable loans.

Most Vietnamese companies are unwilling to use outsourcing despite its benefits like the reduction in management work and payroll without any impact on output, according to a report by business consultancy Grant Thornton.

Vietnamese enterprises and their Bulgarian counterparts have inked a number of partnership deals at a recent business forum in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, after a record turnout of 180 attendees found many areas for cooperation.

Japan will not suspend its official development assistance (ODA)-funded projects in Vietnam, a Vietnamese official has reported. 

(VOV) - June 3 marked the start of construction by the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) Dong-IL group on its first textile factory in Vietnam at Loc An-Binh Son Industrial Zone in Long Thanh district, Dong Nai province.

(VOV) - Vietnam is the third largest supplier of seafood to Australia, after New Zealand and China.

(VOV) - The 23rd Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs opened in Da Lat City, Lam Dong province, on June 3, bringing together nearly 70 delegates from ASEAN, Japan, the Republic of Korea and China.

(VOV) - Representatives from the largest Dubai group, ICD, are due to make a fact-finding tour of Vietnam to seek investment opportunity, especially in real estate in Quang Ninh province.

Viettel Group has won a silver Stevie Awards in the category of New Consumer Service of the Year for its ethnic minority language mobile phone services, which made its debut in January 2013.

(VOV) - Vietnam needs to reduce its dependency on China by boost domestic production and exports, and increasing consumption of Made-in-Vietnam products and increasing exports.

(VOV) - A forum on sustainable development in the central coastal region was held in Hoi An ancient town, the central province of Quang Nam on June 3. 

(VOV) -Garment and textile exports increased 17% to US$7.44 billion in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

(VOV) - Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) not only open up opportunities for Vietnam to stimulate the national economy but also reduce and gradually remove dependence on the Chinese market, towards ensuring a sustainable economic development.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and the Economy, Trade and Industry Department of Japan’s Kansai region on June 2 signed a framework agreement on cooperation, under which they will enhance connections in support industry.