Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has invited Italian investors to the capital city, saying that Hanoi is looking for promising and established investors for its urban infrastructure development projects, the Ha Noi Moi daily reported. 

Governments will improve policies to accelerate investment flows from Vietnam to Laos, a conference was told in the central city of Da Nang on March 27.

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has intended to build three airports- Na San, Lai Chau and Lao Cai in the north-west region next year at a total cost of VND9,813 billion.

VOV.VN - On March 27,  Vietnamese and Lao Planning and Investment Ministries opened their 2nd conference in central Da Nang City to boost investment cooperation.

Investors from mainland China have been developing their businesses in Vietnam to take advantage of free trade agreements (FTAs), as the country is a Trans-Pacific Partnership member. 

Representatives of ten leading Malaysian shopping centers have met with local tour organizers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to introduce a new campaign aimed at having more Vietnamese to shop in Malaysia.

Representatives of many foreign-invested companies in the southern province of Dong Nai did not pull any punches in a meeting with local authorities on March 25, when they were asked to recall how red tape has marred their operations.

A series of projects that are granted ODA from the government are behind schedule, so the government plans to use another method to grant ODA to local governments.

VOV.VN - It seems that Vietnam’s business environment is not improving much, said Grant Thornton in its bi-annual report on the 14th survey of the Private Equity Sector issued in February 2016.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to attract private investment for a highway project in the Mekong Delta with a cost estimate of VND16.34 trillion (US$721 million), the government office has said.