VOV.VN - Japan was the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam over the first eight months of this year with a total investment capital of about US$7 billion, followed by the Republic of Korea with US$5.16 billion and Singapore with US$3.47 billion.

VOV.VN - The Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial People’s Committee handed over an investment registration certificate to Hyosung Chemical Corporation from the Republic of Korea on August 28, permitting investment in a project at Cai Mep Industrial Zone (IZ) in Phu My town.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in Vietnam in the first eight months of this year witnessed a year-on-year increase of 4.2% to US$24.35 billion.

More than half of five-star hotels in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are owned by foreign investors.

Vietnamese buyers spent US$3 billion on homes in the US between April 2016 and March 2017, showing the interest of Vietnamese people in this segment, but also raising the question of how such large amounts of money could be transferred abroad.

Vietnam will produce more than 23 million tonnes of animal and poultry feed this year, according to a report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Huntsman Corporation, a US manufacturer and chemical company, opened a multi-purpose facility at the Amata Vietnam Industrial Park in the southern province of Binh Duong on August 23.

A series of new airport projects and upgrading of existing airports have been suggested with total investment capital of billions of dollars.

Japanese firms have recently poured capital into many large-scale, high-tech projects in Vietnam.

A workshop to update enterprises from the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Vietnam’s investment environment and opportunities in the food processing industry was held in Seoul on August 22.