(VOV) - Lotte Mart is destined to raise the number of its supermarkets in Vietnam from current 11 to 60 by 2020.

The Quang Ngai Industrial Zones (IZs) Authority has granted investment licences to three new projects worth VND71 billion (approximately US$3.2 million).

Bitel telecommunication service provider, the Peru branch of Vietnam’s military-run telecom group Viettel, will invest an additional US$250 million to increase its subscribers to 2.5 million people.

German-backed Siemens AG Group will expand its business in Vietnam in many sectors.

SolarPark Korea Company has announced its plan to build a US$650 million solar power plant in the central province of Ha Tinh. 

As the market recovery has become clearer, multinational groups and foreign investment funds have begun to inject money into real estate projects, mostly large ones. 

Industrial parks (IPs) in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has become a trusty destination for both local and foreign investors.

(VOV) - Government officials, experts and businesspeople from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV) gathered at the 2015 Mekong Forum in Vientiane on October 15 to examine ways to bolster trade and investment cooperation.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development official Nguyen Do Anh Tuan has suggested that Japanese enterprises should prioritise investments in seed production and breeding, support industries for farming, biological technology and produce maintenance in Vietnam. 

(VOV) - J-Power, the largest electric utility in Japan, is seeking a suitable location to build a 1,200MW coal-fired thermal power plant in the central province of Quang Ngai that has a deep-water port serving major colliers.