(VOV) - On November 12, Vinamilk embarked on a month-long promotional campaign in Russia hoping to boost sales in a country where the annual consumption of milk products per capita is very high.  

A group of Japanese businesses from Tokushima prefecture visited the Red River Delta province of Ha Nam on November 12 to seek investment opportunities. 

(VOV) - Over 120 Japanese businesses gathered in Tokyo on November 12 to attend a seminar to learn about the Danang city’s potential, business climate and investment policies. 

(VOV) - President of the Nitori Holdings Co, Ltd.Akio Nitori cited Vietnam as one of the nations having bright prospects for an improved investment and business climate at the 17th Japan Corporate Governance Forum held on November 10-11 in Tokyo, Japan. 

Samsung, LG and Intel have injected more money into Vietnam. Some multinational conglomerates are considering relocating their global production bases to Vietnam. Others are planning to set up factories in Vietnam.

Many foreign investors do not bring capital to Vietnam, but still register investments and try to mobilize capital in the country to implement the ‘foreign direct investment’ projects.

About 5.7 million people have easier access to fundamental services and goods as an indirect effect of the Vietnam Business Challenge Fund (VBCF).

Vietnam’s leading dairy producer Vinamilk last week proposed that the government and the lawmaking National Assembly lift the barrier to allow foreign investors to own up to 100% of the company.

(VOV) - The northern port city of Hai Phong has attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) of US$10.7 billion, according to speakers at a seminar on November 10 co-sponsored by the city’s People’s Committee and Dinh Vu Industrial Park Joint Stock Company. 

Member countries of the Trans-Pacific Economic Strategic Partnership (TPP) will remove tariff on between 78-85 % of tariff lines for Vietnamese goods immediately after the TPP takes effect, possibly in 2018, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF). 

Both the Government and businesses must incessantly update their knowledge, be creative and take drastic action in multiple aspects amid intensive integration and volatile global economies, experts said. 

(VOV) - Officials at Tanzanite International on November 9 announced plans to inject US$500 million in a 5-star hospitality resort to be located in the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau.

(VOV) - The Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) and AIA Life Insurance Limited have officially signed a strategic agreement on distributing life insurance products through the bank's network (bancassurance).

A letter of intent on trade and investment cooperation was inked between Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of International Trade of Canada’s British Columbia province on November 9. 

The expansion and upgrade of the Cat Bi international airport in Haiphong is an essential part of the socio-economic development plan for the north of Vietnam.

Commercial banks expect to attract foreign investment in their newly-established financial companies thanks to the profitable domestic consumer financial market, according to Dau tu (Investment) newspaper.

(VOV) - US Harbinger Capital Partners on November 6 announced that it expended US$50 million to date on its US$1 billion share of the US$4.2 billion Ho Tram Strip real estate project in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

(VOV) - On November 11, Ho Chi Minh City officials held a question and answer session with Japanese business leaders to discuss taxes, visas, air pollution, making improvements to roadways and installing traffic lights for pedestrians.

After three projects with registered capital of over US$1 billion each were licenced, total foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam in the past 10 months rose to more than US$19 billion.

Hanoi will create favourable conditions for UK enterprises to expand their investment in the capital city, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao.

The US-based Balanced Scorecard Institute (BSI) - a global leader in training and consulting services of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) has partnered with Balanced Scorecard Vietnam (BSV), a member of PACE Institute of Management (PACE) to deliver its world-class BSC and KPI programs in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

The Japanese-supported e-customs system VNACCS/VCIS is highly accurate and helps businesses save time, manpower and expenses, as viewed by a majority of companies in a recent survey. 

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the UK Embassy in Vietnam jointly held a seminar in Hanoi on November 3 to help local businesses learn from UK enterprises’ experience in branding. 

(VOV) - In light of the launch of ASEAN, US-based Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Group, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange, has announced plans to invest US$3 billion in the country’s logistics, restaurant and services industries.

Though local state-owned enterprises wishes to sell stakes in banks to which they contributes capital, no foreign investors want to buy such stakes unless the foreign ownership limit at banks is lifted.

US-based new generation data protection company Acronis has announced a partnership with NTS Group to distribute its products and solutions in Vietnam. 

The Republic of Korea’s CJ CheilJedang Corporation (CJ) is planning to pick up a stake in State-owned Vietnam Meat Industries Limited Company (VISSAN), which is working to be equitised in 2015.

(VOV) - The United Kingdom wishes to further cooperate in specific projects with Vietnam in general and Ho Chi Minh City in particular, said Lord David Puttnam, the UK Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. 

A delegation of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) on October 28 made a field trip to the northern province of Vinh Phuc to scope out investment environment in the locality.

(VOV) - Quang Ninh has implemented efficiently investment promotion activities, reformed administrative procedures, and improved investment environment over the past 5 years.