VOV.VN - Germany-based toy manufacturing company Bullyland AG, member of the International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI), has made a fact-finding tour of HCM City to seek investment and cooperation opportunity.

VOV.VN - The Dong Van III Industrial Zone at the Duy Tien District in Ha Nam Province could soon have a new industrial gas depot, said representatives of Tokyo Gas Co, Japan's largest and one of the world's leading gas companies.

Ho Chi Minh City will speed up administrative reform to create optimal conditions for businesses, Secretary of the municipal People’s Committee Dinh La Thang said.

Vietnam’s agricultural business climate has been on the wane, hampering the country’s efforts to lure more foreign investments into this sector.

Since early February the ASEAN Deep Value Fund has been acquiring more shares of Hong Ha Vietnam Joint Stock Company (PHH) and Thanh Nam Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company (CSC). It now owns 10.9% and 13.9% of the businesses.

Foreign companies registered to invest more than US$2.8 billion in Vietnam during the first two months of this year, up 135% year-on-year.

Beachside land in the centre of Danang city is being hunted by real estate investors because of the potential high profit due to the large number of tourists in these areas.

VOV.VN -A conference to promote investment by north India’s garment and textile businesses was held recently in Punjab.

Indonesia will focus on investing in Malaysia and Singapore as well as attracting investors from the two countries, according to the Indonesian Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM).

Many foreign-invested enterprises have successfully developed products made of pure Vietnamese materials.

VOV.VN - A delegation from Japan’s Kuyshu region led by Masaki Kawahara, Director of the region’s Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry has made a fact-finding tour of the northern province of Ha Nam to seek investment opportunities.

The February consumer price index (CPI) inched up 0.42% month on month and 1.27% year on year, mainly driven by high food demand during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. 

Numerous Vietnamese enterprises’ efforts to expand operations to foreign markets have brought considerable success.

The local energy sector is expected to be the next driver for foreign direct investment growth in Vietnam this year.

The HCM City government has got the Prime Minister’s nod for a plan to call for investment to expand National Highway 22 that runs through the city and Tay Ninh Province and connects to Cambodia under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) form.

VOV.VN - In recent years, Vietnam has been recognized internationally as one of the world’s top 10 software outsourcing countries and recognized by UNESCO as one of four nations producing vaccine to treat Rota virus. 

Vingroup, a large real estate group in Vietnam, has spent 22.5 million Australian dollars (approximately US$16.1 million) to buy land in Sydney to develop a hotel project. 

VOV.VN - Several Italian manufacturers have announced plans to relocate their operations from China to Vietnam, as declining economic growth and rising wages there are making it difficult for them to continue doing business.

Many Vietnamese businesses have recently had considerable success in investing in foreign countries after years of attempts.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu in 2016 will focus on calling for investment into projects involving hi-technology aquaculture breeding and high value export products.

VOV.VN - Domestic garment businesses have spent millions of US dollars on expanding production to snatch domestic and export market opportunities.

The south-central province of Binh Dinh has announced plans to solicit investment in many major projects this year, mostly in the tourism sector. 

VOV.VN - It is essential for Vietnam to develop proper strategies to seize market and integration opportunities to make industries a key economic sector, say experts.

While complaining about difficulties, foreign automobile manufacturers still could reap fruit in 2015. Despite big problems, they still want to cooperate with Vietnam’s automobile industry.

 The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) will continue to help HCM City develop supporting industries, its chief in the city has promised.

The southern province of Dong Nai has welcomed US$440 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) and VND30 billion (US$1.34 million) from domestic investors so far this year, according to the province's IZs Management Board. 

VOV.VN - The majority of Japanese companies operating in Vietnam are looking to expand their business operations in the coming year, says the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

VOV.VN - Seven companies of the Tata Group would focus on Myanmar and Vietnam as viable markets to expand its business, a Tata Sons spokesperson has told India's Economic Times and International Business Times.

Investors in Big C (BIGC.BK), one of Thailand's largest supermarket chains, cheered on Monday an up to US$3.5 billion deal by France's Casino Group (CASP.PA) to sell its majority holding to TCC Group, owned by whiskey tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi.

VOV.VN - Despite economic difficulties during 2015, Dong Nai remained one of Vietnam’s leading provinces in foreign direct investment attraction, earning US$2.4 billion, up 250% against the set target.