VOV.VN - The Kingdom of Belgium has committed EUR3 million in non-refundable aid to support local governance in the provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Kon Tum. 

Instead of making direct investments, Japanese enterprises in recent months started setting a foothold in the Vietnamese real estate sector via co-operating with domestic developers.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea’s CJ group launched a new CJ Feed Ingredient Vietnam factory in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 10.

Concentrated information technology (IT) parks across Vietnam have obtained certain initial successes during operation but still fell short of expectations, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on November 10. 

The consortium of Japanese company Marubeni Corporation and Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) on November 8 signed the investment agreement for Nghi Son 2 thermal power plant in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

VOV.VN - Woori Bank, the Republic of Korea’s second-largest lender by assets, announced on November 7 that it has formally established a local company in the capital city of Hanoi, Vietnam.

ANZ’s client survey has come up with a conclusion that special economic zones are proving successful in attracting investment and production into the Greater Mekong economies.

Thailand’s government is devising policies to support and promote investment abroad, which opens up opportunities for Vietnam to attract Thai foreign direct investment (FDI).

Amidst the current process of international integration, developing the supporting industry is essential when joining the global value chain and the southern province of Dong Nai is not an exception. 

Turkish home appliances brand Beko on October 29 announced its official entrance into the Vietnamese home appliance market with a product launch at Crescent Mall in District 7 of Ho Chi Minh City.

2016 marks another successful year of strengthening the thriving economic tie between Vietnam and Taiwan.

At the recent World Economic Forum, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc confirmed the government’s policy to allow foreign investors to engage more in Vietnam’s economy via accelerated equitisation of state-owned enterprises and capital divestments.

 The Republic of Korea, Japan and China’s Taiwan were the top three investors in the southern province of Dong Nai in the first 10 months of 2016. 

Vietnam Airlines took the delivery of the fifth A350-900 from the world’s leading manufacturer Airbus in Hanoi on October 31.

 Knauf Vietnam Co ., Ltd. inaugurated its gypsum board manufacturing plant in the northern port city of Hai Phong on October 30 after nearly two years of construction.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Transport has ceremonially broke ground on a long-awaited upgrade to a section of National Highway 6 in the northern province of Son La.

VOV.VN - The government has submitted to the National Assembly the mid-term public investment plan from 2016 to 2020. It’s the first time Vietnam has built a 5-year public investment plan instead of an annual plan. 

VOV.VN - US businesses want to increase their investments in Vietnam’s private sector to lift total investment to US$500 million over the next three years, said Elizabeth L. Littlefield, the Chief Executive Officer and President of Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).

Authorities of the northern province of Bac Giang and investors from the Republic of Korean (RoK) met to discuss boosting investment on October 26.

Foreign strategic investors may only be interested in buying the entire state-owned stake in Vietnam Dairy Products JSC (Vinamilk) in a single bulk instead of dividing it into several smaller pieces as planned by State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC).

VOV.VN - A US$50 million garment plant invested by Hong Kong TAL Group has officially been operational in northern Vinh Phuc province.

Michael Kelly, Executive Chairman of The Grand Ho Tram Strip said he has seen tremendous positive changes in Vietnam’s tourism industry. Following is the article he wrote for VIR on the issue. 

Japanese companies have shown great interest in developing real estate in Vietnam, with a focus on Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

Disbursement of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital from the beginning of this year in the southern Dong Nai province has reached nearly US$800 million, surpassing targets for the year, according to the provincial Department of Planning and Investment. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and authorities of southern Long An province pledged all possible support for investors in the locality but asked them to respect their commitments, especially those relating to environment protection.

The South East Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank), the BRG Group, and Coca-Cola Vietnam recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on comprehensive cooperation.

The southern province of Tra Vinh has attracted 17 investment projects in the fields of hi-tech agriculture, wind power energy, garment, education and environment since the beginning of 2016. 

Wizeline, a US-based leader in artificial intelligence business applications, has chosen Vietnam as the target of its first international expansion since opening in 2014.

VOV.VN - On October 13, Don Lam, general director of Vinacapital, affirmed the government’s policy of attracting investors by improving tariffs and foreign investment procedures is meeting with success.

The northern province of Ha Nam called on Japanese enterprises to invest in its support industry during a conference in Japan’s Osaka city on October 11.