South Africa has always prioritised trade, investment and co-operation with Vietnam, and this year, it will offer even more investment opportunities for businesses from Vietnam and Da Nang.

(VOV) - Many Vietnamese businesses have shown their keen on investing in Moscow oblast (province), typically TH-True Milk – TH Group with a more than US$2 billion project on dairy cow breeding and processing of dairy products.

The luxury river cruiser “Anawrahta”, owned by Heritage Line, has left Ho Chi Minh City aboard the heavy lift vessel, Rolldock Storm, bound for a 5-day journey to Myanmar where it will ply the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin Rivers beginning mid-September 2015.

Vietnam is emerging as one of the most attractive emerging markets, as reported in many foreign newspapers and financial newswires, after the government of Vietnam lifted the foreign ownership ratio ceiling in unconditional business fields.

ASEAN countries have so far poured over US$3.42 billion into 129 projects in the southern province of Dong Nai, according to Bo Ngoc Thu, Director of the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.

The northern province of Ha Nam has offered incentives for Japanese investment in hi-tech local agricultural production, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Mai Tien Dung has said. 

Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo is calling for foreign investment in tourism to boost its contributions to the economy alongside agriculture and oil and gas industries. 

The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) will cooperate with Vingroup in initiating steps to invest in the upgrade of railway stations.

The northern province of Bac Giang has earned around about US$123.8 million from lychees so far this year. 

ASEAN investment inflows to Vietnam are expected to surge in the coming months, when many large projects are licensed and the ASEAN Economic Community is established.