(VOV) - The Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Association for Economic Cooperation Development VILACEAD) and the Vietnam Young Business Association held a talk themed “Myanmar - the emerging market” in Hanoi on April 24.

(VOV) -Samsung is planning to invest in Vietnam’s infrastructure construction and chemical production.

(VOV) - The Vietnam-Italy business and investment forum was held in Florence, the capital city of Tuscany region on April 22.

TUV SUD PSB Vietnam, a subsidiary of Germany’s TUV SUD Group, will cooperate with Vietnam in the management of wood processing factories.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s export turnover increased sharply in recent years, thanks to the great contributions from foreign direct investment (FDI), however, foreign-invested enterprises do not create high value added products.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Planning and Investment’s (MoPI) Foreign Investment Department has reported that since early this year, 22 projects have been licensed to operate overseas with a total capitalization of US$720.7 million.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City hosted an April 18 seminar discussing ways to develop the international reputation of Vietnamese export trademarks.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) released 2012 edition of its annual report on Vietnamese businesses in Hanoi on April 18.

(VOV) - Although Vietnam’s export turnover in the first quarter of this year increased by 19.7 percent to US$29.69 billion compared to the same period last year, there remain certain challenges to overcome in the immediate future.

Ho Chi Minh City has considered the development of hi-tech and support industries as the key to economic restructuring and growth model shift by 2015.