(VOV) - AkzoNobel Powder Coatings on September 22 unveiled a plan to further invest in its Performance Coatings business in Vietnam. 

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will strengthen its regulatory framework to safeguard investor interests by proposing amendments to the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) that will be discussed at the country’s parliament next year. 

A series of measures was debated at a workshop in Hanoi on September 22 to help the capital make the best of opportunities and take most effective adaptation to challenges that will be generated after the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is formed by the year-end.

The FLC Group started the construction of the FLC Hoang Long Industrial Park (IP) in the central Thanh Hoa Province on September 22, earlier than scheduled.

At a recent meeting to launch Vietnam’s e-commerce policy,  Tran Huu Linh Director General of the Vietnam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency (VECITA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), said about 30% of Vietnamese people will shop online by 2020.

HanesBrands, the US’ manufacturer and marketer of everyday apparel essentials, aims to raise its total investment in Vietnam to nearly US$55 million by the end of 2015, increasing its 2014 figure by US$11 million.

Overseas Vietnamese who want to buy a home in Vietnam are concerned regarding the sheer volume of evidence they must furnish to prove that they are in fact of Vietnamese heritage.

Taiwan's E.SUN Commercial Bank (E.SUN Bank) on September 18 opened its first branch in Vietnam in Bien Hoa city, the southern province of Dong Nai.

Japanese businesses have shown their interest in investing in various fields such as agriculture, health care, education and personnel training during their trip to the Mekong Delta region. 

The TH Group has recently announced plans to invest US$1 billion in building a concentrated dairy cow and fresh milk production project in Russia.