(VOV) - Though foreign direct investment (FDI) capital declined in the first quarter of the year, economists say Vietnam is benefitting from the shifting of FDI trends, especially from multinational corporations (MNCs).

(VOV) - HCM City officials has announced that total investment from international sources in its 15 industrial and processing zones surged to US$244 million during the first quarter of 2014.

The Esquel Group of Hong Kong, one of the world’s leading producers of premium cotton shirts, on March 19 inaugurated a new garment factory in Vietnam’s northern province of Hoa Binh.

Nissin Manufacturing Vietnam Co. Ltd. on March 14 opened a factory producing automobile and motorcycle spare parts in the northwestern mountainous province of Hoa Binh.

(VOV) - Increased net exports will help Vietnam’s economy achieve growth of 5.4% in 2014, according to the first quarterly report of ICAEW Economic Insight – South East Asia. 

(VOV) - The Republic of Korea’s Daehan Group wants to build an inland container depot (ICD) on 100ha in Vinh Phuc province’s Vinh Xuyen district, at a total cost of US$1 billion.

(VOV) -Construction will begin on March 9th on the Vinh Tan 4 thermal power plant, in the central province of Binh Thuan, at an estimated cost of VND36,000 billion (approximately US$1.3 billion), reported the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

(VOV) - The Vietnam Business Association in Laos should promote exchange, support domestic businesses to approach the Lao market towards two-way trade of US$2 billion by 2015. 

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into HCM City has risen sharply - in terms of registered capital and the number of investment licences – over the first two months of 2014, according to the HCM City Department of Planning and Investment.

(VOV) - The Republic of Korea’s Samsung group has drawn up a very ambitious expansion plan to revamp its operations in Vietnam and take full advantage of the country’s sound investment climate and highly-skilled human resources.