Franchising has grown into a prevailing investment channel with strong adaptability and a bright growth prospect in Vietnam.

The Angkor Dairy Products Co Ltd, a joint venture between Vietnam’s Vinamilk and its partner in Cambodia, the BPC Company, opened the Angkor Dairy Plant, the first of the venture in Cambodia. 

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PVN) has signed two Memoranda of Understanding on cooperation with the US’s Honeywell and Murphy oil and gas companies. 

Vietnam’s real estate market has been experiencing something of a heatwave over the past few months.

After years of feeble attempts, Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest electronic component manufacturer, advanced its investment commitment in Vietnam by acquiring Microsoft’s smartphone factory in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

Compared with other countries in the region, Vietnam has outstanding consumer potential and new opportunities, which will help stimulate capital to flow from the US to Vietnam.

Despite the quantitative and qualitative growth of US investment into Vietnam, much remains to be done to make the best use of this capital source. 

Foreign investors have shown a large appetite for wind power projects in Vietnam. However, in order to spur investment in the sector, there must be a more attractive tariff regime. 

Spending billions of dollars in Vietnam, the Central Group is a powerful conglomerate. However, earnings from the business in Vietnam remain in question.

Vietnam’s dairy giant Vinamilk removed its 49% limit for foreign ownership after a shareholders' meeting on May 21, amid plans to divest its huge government stake.