The southern province of Dong Nai attracted an estimated US$1.83 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of 2015, up 54% against the same period last year and surpassing the yearly target by 83%. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam Global Investment Forum opened in Hanoi on September 30, focusing on economic prospects, FDI trends and state-owned enterprise (SOE) equitisation.

(VOV) - Vietnam and Australia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on exchange of sugarcane varieties and cooperation in sugarcane disease and pest research.

Foodstuff maker Kido Joint Stock Company (KDC) on September 28 announced plans to register with the State Securities Commission to buy back 40 million shares on the open market, equivalent to 17.01% of its free float.

Vietnam received an estimated record US$9.65 billion in actual foreign direct investment (FDI) so far this year, with strong inflows going to the manufacturing sector, a key driver for the country's economic growth.

Hanoi-based Building and Infrastructure Development Company teamed up with Japan Construction Management Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers in order to increase its competitiveness and reach its ambition to become of Vietnam’s largest construction firm.

(VOV) - A contract on transaction advisory for the e-Government procurement project (e-GP) was signed in Hanoi between the Project Management Unit (PMU) under the Public Procurement Agency (Ministry of Planning and Investment) and Pricewaterhouse Coopers Vietnam Ltd (PwC Vietnam) on September 24.

(VOV) - In recent years, Vietnam’s overseas direct investment has increased. Vietnamese enterprises have expanded their markets contributing greatly to national growth and raising Vietnam’s prestige in international economic integration.

Vietnam has yet to have a modern, large-scale pulp production chain, despite the approval of several projects, Vu Ngoc Bao, general secretary of the Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association told Vietnam Economic Times.

(VOV) - Taiwan-based Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd plans to invest around US$160 million in building a factory at Giang Dien Industrial Zone (IZ) in Trang Bom district, Dong Nai province.