(VOV) - The Nihon Keizai, Japan's leading economic newspaper, has published a May 14 article deeming Vietnam a world-leading smart phone producing nation.

(VOV) -Industrial parks (IPs) in the northern province of Hai Duong have attracted 163 projects invested by 30 countries and territories around the world, with total registered capital of US$3 billion.

(VOV) - The second Mekong Resources Forum on investment cooperation and the sustainable development of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region (GMS) - was held in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on May 10.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s export earnings from Singapore in the first quarter of this year reached 692 million SGD, over 30 percent higher than in the same period last year.

(VOV) - The north central and central coastal provinces took the lead in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four of this year.

Export processing zones (EPZs) and industrial zones (IZs) in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho have attracted 204 investment projects, capitalised at more than US$1.84 billion, according to the Can Tho EPZs and IZs Authority.

(VOV) -Vietnam and Japan have signed an agreement to boost bilateral cooperation in agriculture.

The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) has proposed upgrading the commercial relations between Petrolimex and Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) by signing a long-term oil and gas supply contract between Petrolimex Singapore and CPC.

Four projects in seafood processing and waste incineration worth nearly US$10 million have been approved in southern Can Tho city, increasing the total number of valid project in the city to 204.

(VOV) -So far this year Vietnamese businesses have been licensed to invest US$460 million in seven projects in Myanmar.