(VOV) -An investment promotion seminar was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 12 to attract more Japanese investors to the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.

(VOV) - A leading economic expert has called on Italian businesses to invest in the Vietnamese market, and considered a gateway to the Southeast Asia market.

(VOV) - A hearing on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 12.

The 13th quarterly EuroCham Business Climate Index (BCI) survey released on November 6 showed that business confidence and outlook among European businesses in Vietnam remains unchanged for the third time - stagnating at 50.

(VOV) - Vietnam attracted US$19.234 billion in foreign direct investment between January-October 2013, a year-on-year increase of 65%. 

(VOV) -Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung has introduced investment opportunities in Vietnam and highlighted fruitful economic cooperation between the country and Middle East and North African countries.

(VOV) - Igor Soglayev, General Director of the Russian Rosneft Oil and Gas Group’s Sarvors Company, has led a delegation on a fact-finding tour of Binh Dinh province’s Nhon Hoi Oil Refinery Project.

Vietnam is still a very attractive location to do business, and multinational corporations such as Samsung, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Rebisco have recently made large-scale investments in the country.

(VOV) - Mitsubishi Elevator Vietnam Co., Ltd. (VMEC), a wholly foreign owned company funded by Mitsubishi Electric Group and Mitsubishi Corporation, was officially inaugurated in HCM City and Hanoi recently.

(VOV) - Vietnam intends to open another economic office in Lombardy in 2014, expanding its presence in the most developed economic and industrialised region in Italy.