(VOV) - In the first half of the year, a number of the world’s leading footwear makers like Nike, Adidas and Puma have shifted their orders from China and Bangladesh to Vietnam.

(VOV) -Inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) dipped 19.90% in the first seven months of 2014 year-on-year to US$9.53 billion, according to) the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

(VOV) -The complexity of Vietnam’s business tax climate is not impeding the attraction of foreign investment, and oddly enough, is appealing to a corrupt element of investors using complexity and legal loopholes to their advantage.

(VOV) - With the Government’s open door policy, stable political environment and vast economic potential, many Japanese small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) find Vietnam an attractive destination for business in Southeast Asia.

Better policies are needed to improve the capacity of support-industry companies, particularly electronics firms, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung.

(VOV) - A senior French official said she will encourage French businesses to invest in large infrastructure construction projects in HCM City, including metro routes, water drainage systems and Long Thanh airport.

KinderWorld Education Group will soon conduct three investment projects in Vietnam’s northern Vinh Phuc province, said its Chairman Ricky Tan at a roundtable on investment opportunities in the province held in Singapore on July 18. 

A delegation of Japanese entrepreneurs has made a fact-finding tour of the northern province of Ha Nam to seek investment opportunities in the locality.

(VOV) -Many hold the misconception that the key to attracting investment is simply to offer more incentives. The theory is the more incentives offered the more foreign investors will flock to Vietnam.

The northern province of Thai Nguyen has directed its departments, agencies and authorities at grassroots levels to step up implementing an array of measures to improve its investment climate.