VOV.VN - To fulfill its target of opening 60 supermarkets in Vietnam by 2020, Lotte will speed up M&A activities in the future, says Hong Won Sik, director general of Lotte Mart Vietnam.

Industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City attracted investment worth US$197.86 million in the first quarter of 2016, a year-on-year decline of 53.4%, according to the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA).

Vietnam’s Thien Tan Group is negotiating with the US-based Global Universal Inc to form a joint venture to invest in the Chu Lai airport expansion project in the central province of Quang Nam.

A range of locally listed firms with real estate interests have both lifted their foreign ownership limit to 60% and purchase shares in order to access foreign funding for the development of their various projects.

Vietnam has great demand for capital and technology from European nations, Vietnam’s Ambassador to Germany, Đoan Xuan Hung, has said at an recent investment conference in Frankfurt.

Apple has recently announced plans to invest in a new US$1 billion project in Vietnam sometime soon, and while the exact nature of the project is yet to be confirmed it is believed to be a research and development (R&D) center for its Asia operations.

Vietnam will create the best possible conditions for German businesses who want to invest in the country, Ambassador Doan Xuan Hung said.

VOV.VN - Foreign direct investment (FDI) by Vietnamese local companies in its smaller neighbour to the west, Laos, has reached nearly US$4.9 billion, said speakers at a recent conference in Ho Chi Minh City. 

The impressive growth of Condotel has made this product the focus of the property market. 

VOV.VN - The UK and its business community can play an important role in the development of Vietnam and help it reach the next level, members of a British delegation said on April 13 at a meeting with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee.

Vietnam will create favourable conditions for and offer incentives to Indian firms to invest in Vietnam, said Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh.

Projects on building belt roads and roads along the Hong (Red) River in Hanoi are among those calling for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investments.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will open up opportunities for foreign organisations to land their investment in the Vietnamese financial market in different kinds, as heard a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12.

The central province of Quang Tri plans to organise a conference this weekend to call for investment in its key socio-economic development projects in the 2016-2020 period. 

The role of the State in investment activities has been spotlighted at a conference in Hanoi on April 12.

VOV.VN - The Marujyu Corporation, headquartered out of Japan, inaugurated on April 12 a US$2.1 million factory in the northern province of Ha Nam formed for the primary purpose of producing metal components for heavy industry.   

Relending ODA (official development assistance) capital instead of allocating capital is one of the methods Vietnam could use the capital source more effectively as ODA for Vietnam will be cut in the near future.

Many foreign enterprises are keen on investing in the Vietnamese mining market due to the country’s huge mineral resources awaiting exploitation.

A seminar was held in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on April 6 to introduce business and investment opportunities in Vietnam. 

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has officially adopted a Macadamia development plan for north-western and Central Highlands regions by 2020 with a vision for 2030.

VOV.VN - Haiphong City People’s Committee and the Korean LG Displays Group on April 5 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the implementation of a project to construct a US$1.5 billion factory in the city.

The business environment in Vietnam has been increasingly improved since the birth of the Law on Foreign Investment, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam Hu Suo Jin has said in an interview granted to Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper.

A new wave of Japanese investment is forecast to emerge in Ho Chi Minh City, Vo Van Hoan, Chief of the municipal People's Committee office, said during a press conference on April 4.

The central province of Binh Dinh granted eight investment certificates and issued new business certificates to 167 enterprises with total registered capital of over VND3.16 trillion (US$137 million)  in the first quarter of this year.

The increasing appearance of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in research & development (R&D) will help Vietnam accelerate the transformation from a low value-added production economy to a high value-added one.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed official development assistance (ODA) loan agreements with the Vietnamese Government to provide 95.167 billion JPY ore more than US$ 846 million for projects in Vietnam.

The northern port city of Hai Phong lured two new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$62.25 million in the first three months of this year.

An additional US$481 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) landed in the southern province of Binh Duong in Quarter I, representing a year-on-year increase of 19%.

Outcomes of the 2015/16 Knowledge Sharing Programme (KSP) launched by the Republic of Korea (RoK) to share experience in socio-economic development with Vietnam were announced at a conference  in Hanoi on March 30.

VOV.VN - Samsung will invest US$300 million to construct a new research and development centre in Hanoi over the next four years, according to officials at the City People’s Committee.