Vietnam is betting on the development of casinos to boost the country’s tourism growth and make it more competitive against other tourism destinations such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Macau. 

China’s investment in Vietnam has dramatically increased both in terms of value and project number, but the quality of these projects needs to be taken into account, and to ensure they contribute to reducing the bilateral trade gap.

ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh has called on Japanese businessmen to study possible investments in infrastructure across telecommunications, transportation, electricity, water supply, and environmental sanitation, to facilitate broader ASEAN connectivity.

US telecom group AT&T is aiming for the Vietnamese market by providing monitoring and positioning services for the transportation sector and connecting cars via 3G and 4G technology, cooperating with Viettel.

The Indian and Vietnamese textile and apparel industries are more complementary than competing in nature, and so co-operation would result in a win-win situation, the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council of India has said.

(VOV) - Japanese group Showa Denko’s general director Daiken Murakami recently unveiled the company’s plan to construct an advanced LED indoor farm that will produce clean vegetables in Ha Nam province. 

(VOV) - Canon Marketing Vietnam has opened an Image Square store in Da Nang central city, the fourth of its kind in Vietnam, to meet the demand for professional imaging products and technology solutions of local residents. 

(VOV) - Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Yuri Slyusar, who is also CEO of Russia’s United Aircraft Building Corporation (UAC), has met representatives from Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air for an opportunity to sell Superjet 100 to Vietnam. 

Piaggio Vietnam, part of the Italian scooter giant Piaggio Group, is considering increasing its presence in the Vietnamese market through stepping into larger-wheel scooter segment this year.

A series of foreign direct investment projects in the garment sector will be started in the central region of Vietnam over the next months.