VOV.VN - Haiphong City People’s Committee and the Korean LG Displays Group on April 5 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the implementation of a project to construct a US$1.5 billion factory in the city.

The business environment in Vietnam has been increasingly improved since the birth of the Law on Foreign Investment, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Hu Suo Jin has said in an interview granted to Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper.

A new wave of Japanese investment is forecast to emerge in Ho Chi Minh City, Vo Van Hoan, Chief of the municipal People's Committee office, said during a press conference on April 4.

The central province of Binh Dinh granted eight investment certificates and issued new business certificates to 167 enterprises with total registered capital of over VND3.16 trillion (US$137 million)  in the first quarter of this year.

The increasing appearance of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in research & development (R&D) will help Vietnam accelerate the transformation from a low value-added production economy to a high value-added one.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed official development assistance (ODA) loan agreements with the Vietnamese Government to provide 95.167 billion JPY ore more than US$ 846 million for projects in Vietnam.

The northern port city of Hai Phong lured two new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$62.25 million in the first three months of this year.

An additional US$481 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) landed in the southern province of Binh Duong in Quarter I, representing a year-on-year increase of 19%.

Outcomes of the 2015/16 Knowledge Sharing Programme (KSP) launched by the Republic of Korea (RoK) to share experience in socio-economic development with Vietnam were announced at a conference  in Hanoi on March 30.

VOV.VN - Samsung will invest US$300 million to construct a new research and development centre in Hanoi over the next four years, according to officials at the City People’s Committee.