Many Thai and Filipino students are now learning online under Topica Native’s education platform, which is now heading to Indonesia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony to begin construction of LG Display – a maufacturing facility that will produce and process OLED monitors in the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 6. 

Woojin Construction Co.,Ltd from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will pour more than US$247.6 million into construction of the second phase of the RoK-Tra Vinh wind power plant in Truong Long Hoa commune, Duyen Hai town, the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.

VOV.VN - Singaporean businesses have pledged to invest US$730 million in 50 new projects and 23 existed ones in Vietnam in the first four months of this year, ranking second among foreign investors in Vietnam, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

New Zealand wants to boost cooperation with Ho Chi Minh City in various fields, including agriculture, technologies, food safety, aviation and human resource training, said New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam Haike Manning. 

Several US groups delivered their intention to develop a large-scale project in the Thu Thiem new urban area in Ho Chi Minh City during their meeting with Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on May 5. 

VOV.VN - Hemaraj Land And Development Public Company Limited, one of Thailand's leading developers, will develop industrial parks in central Nghe An province.

Investor William Ackman, whose Pershing Square Capital Management owns 9% of troubled Canadian drug maker Valeant Pharmaceuticals, said earlier this week that the company would not sell its “crown jewel” assets.

Viettel Group has recently decided to open a representative office in Ethiopia, as part of its plans to expand its market coverage to between 300 and 400 million people by 2017.

The four Asian giants predicted to be able to change the face of some industries and economic branches in Vietnam include CJ Group (the Republic of Korea), Ayala (the Philippines), SCG (Thailand) and Central Group (Thailand).

VOV.VN - Sacombank has signed a memoranda of understanding (MoU) with three Japanese banks to explore the possibility of aligning themselves in a joint venture in the Vietnamese financial marketplace, according to widely publicized reports.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has asked for approval of the city People’s Committee for the Binh Trieu No2 project’s second phase by the HCM City Infrastructure Investment Joint Stock Company (CII).

Vietnam received as much as US$6,886 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) by April 20, a year-on-year surge of 85%, according to the General Statistic Office (GSO).

The total spending on healthcare services by the Vietnamese people accounts for 5.8% of GDP, the highest level in ASEAN countries.

The Ministry of Finance has announced that the rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) on April 29 gave Vietnam a crediting rating of BB-/B and a stable outlook, unchanged from the ratings announced in March 2015.

The southern city of Tay Ninh is the last point in the Cuu Long (Mekong River) Delta region but from the perspective of ASEAN connectivity the city is the starting point connecting Vietnam with the Southeast Asia region.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of Vietnam has held a forum in Genova, Italy to promote investment in Vietnam. It was attended by many local companies which were interested in doing business in the country.

Like Danang, Nha Trang or Phu Quoc, Cam Ranh Bay has become an attractive destination for spa resorts with several emerging investment projects with high potential returns for both domestic and foreign investors.

Dominic Scriven, chairman of Dragon Capital, shared with VIR’s Nam Phuong his proposals for Vietnam to attract more inbound foreign capital flows.

VOV.VN - The Consulate General of Vietnam delivered a keynote address at a business seminar on April 27 in Osaka, Japan that was attended by about 100 local companies interested in doing business in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - To further internationalize operations, many Vietnam local companies are planning to expand their outward foreign direct investment (FDI) in the years ahead, says the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

Korea’s Taekwang Power Holdings, which is the investor of Nam Dinh 1 thermal power plant, is keen to add a coal-fired power project in central Quang Tri province to their list of Vietnamese investments.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Tan Hiep Phat Beverage Group, one of the largest drink firms in Vietnam, is seeking foreign investors, through selling a minority stake. According to a close source, if the deal is completed, Tan Hiep Phat can be valued up to US$2 billion.

The Department for Economic Zones Management reported that during Q1, the country opened 305 industrial parks covering over 84,000 hectares and 16 economic zones covering 814,792 hectares of water and land.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended ceremonies to commence work on two major projects in the central coastal province of Quang Nam on April 24.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the northwestern mountainous province of Lai Chau to take drastic measures in order to improve its business climate and modernise its infrastructure.

Special advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister Iijima Isao said he expected strong Japanese investment flow into Vietnam, particularly Ho Chi Minh City, in the coming years, given the great potential of the southern metropolis.

Japan’s companies have planned to open a rice processing and trading firm in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

VOV.VN - Agriculture and its related group of industries, hereinafter referred to as simply agriculture, in Vietnam provide employment to millions of people and are the backbone of the rural economy.

Hanoi is the leading locality nationwide in foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction, drawing over US$810 million from 110 newly-licensed and capital-added FDI projects in the first quarter of this year, a five-fold increase year-on-year.