The Government has issued Decree No. 135/2015/NĐ-CP stipulating indirect overseas investment.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai requested Vietnam's aviation industry to create breakthroughs in building and upgrading airports in a bid to name it in the top four in ASEAN. 

(VOV) - The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Ho Chi Minh City representatives will meet with nearly 100 businesses in Vietnam on January 15 to discuss measures to bring a wide range of Vietnamese goods and agricultural products to consumers in the US Walmart’s key retail markets in the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Chile.

A series of preferential policies and investment incentives will be given to investors who open new flights to Phu Bai international airport, according to the People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province.

Vietnam’s METRO Group announced on January 7 that Thailand’s TCC Group finalised procedures in the purchase of METRO Cash& Carry Vietnam.

The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long launched a cooperation project with Dagan group from Israel on January 6.

Vietnam set a record in attracting foreign direct investment capital in 2015, with a total sum of newly registered and expanded capital of US$22.75 billion. Among these, there are four billion-dollar projects exceptionally worthy of attention.

(VOV) - On January 5, a spokesperson for the A&P Group headquartered out of Dubai announced the opening of the company’s first MovaMart building materials and supplies outlet in HCM City and its fifth in Vietnam.

The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh has been promoting the public-private partnership (PPP) investment and management model aiming to mobilise all resources and initiatives for its target of becoming a service-industry oriented locality by 2020.

2015 marked the successful sixth year of Taiwan Excellence, the annual series of events by the Taiwanese Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT), Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan (MOEA) and implemented by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), in Vietnam. 

The northern province of Bac Ninh has become a magnet for foreign investors thanks to its attractive investment environment and synchronous infrastructure system with a series of modern industrial zones (IZ). 

Nestled in the southern gateway of Hanoi, Gamuda City, developed by Gamuda Land Vietnam, has become the prime choice for many homebuyers in the capital.

2015 has been a successful year for attracting foreign direct investment in Vietnam, with a bright future expected for 2016.

(VOV) - France Emulsion – a leader in paving solutions, processes and machinery – has announced its commitment to the local community by constructing a US$22 million asphalt emulsion plant in Binh Dinh Province.

(VOV) - The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on December 31 was allowed by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to set up a representative office in Moscow, Russia.

(VOV) - Russian businesses have directly invested in 113 projects in Vietnam with a total registered capital reaching US$2.066 billion. 

Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), the country’s third-largest lender by assets, is seeking governmental permission to cooperate with France’s Aeroport de Paris to jointly invest in Airports Corporation of Vietnam.

The buy-to-let trend has been sweeping across major cities in Vietnam, offering high yields and a stable investment strategy for buyers.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s military-run telecoms group Viettel earned a revenue of US$1.5 billion from overseas markets this year. The group now boasts of ten foreign markets in Asia, America and Africa with a total population of 260 million.

(VOV) - Viglacera Corporation will set up a joint venture (JV) with Cuba’s Geicon Company to produce sanitary ware and ceramic wall and floor tiles in San Jose and Santa Cruz in Cuba in 2016.

Thailand invested 64.75 billion THB (about US$1.9 billion) into other ASEAN nations, accounting for 27% of the total of 242.9 billion THB channelled overseas from January to September this year, according to the Bank of Thailand. 

(VOV) - Investment in public infrastructure must be substantially increased to ensure the nation’s future socio-economic development plans as outlined by the National Assembly, said speakers at a seminar late last month in Hanoi.

(VOV) - Samsung group has decided to raise investment capital for its electronics facility in Ho Chi Minh City, the Samsung CE Complex (SEHC) project from US$1.4 billion to US$2 billion.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in Vietnam saw a year-on-year increase of 12.5% in 2015 to reach US$22.76 billion, data from the General Statistics Office (GSO) revealed.

(VOV) - Republic of Korea (RoK) businesses led by multinational electronics giant Samsung continue to lead foreign groups with operations in Vietnam, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

Despite high expectations for a third wave of investment from Japan into Vietnam, Japanese investment figures have fallen in the past few years.

(VOV) - Despite global fluctuations in 2015, Vietnam has attracted a great deal of foreign direct investment capital. By the end of last month, newly registered or expanded FDI for Vietnam totaled over US$20 billion.

Bamboo Capital Group (BCG) and 1-5 Auto Joint Stock Company on December 24 signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement.

After five years of surveying and researching Vietnam market, Emart - the leading Korean retailer under Shinsegae group will officially launch the Emart hypermarket for the first time in Vietnam on December 28.

US design firm Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners (MRY)’s first project in Vietnam, the GoldSeason residential project in Hanoi, is going on sales on December 27.