Japan’s Creed Group, a real estate firm specialising in principal investment and property development, signed a US$200 million contract on July 26 with An Gia Investment and officially becoming a player in Ho Chi Minh City’s property market. 

Ho Chi Minh City pledges to offer incentives for investors from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in trade and tourism in the city. 

(VOV) - A Vietnamese company, Tocontap Saigon JSC, recently collaborated with seven Japanese businesses to sponsor a seminar introducing nutritional supplements from Nara prefecture in Vietnam.

FPT Information System (FPT IS) launched the financial management information system (FMIS) for the National Treasury of the Royal Government of Cambodia early this week.

Thares Punsri, chairman of Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission, said he hoped to sign a memorandum of understanding with Vietnam on telecoms and information technology.

The Formosa group of Taiwan (China) is expected to seal an investment deal with the Japanese-based JFE Steel Corporation in August to jointly carry out its steel complex in central Ha Tinh province’s Vung Ang Economic Zone. 

(VOV) - On July 24, President Truong Tan Sang attended an inaugural ceremony for the expanded construction of a steel plant invested by Japanese steelmaker Vina Kyoei in the Phu My I Industrial Park in Tan Thanh district, the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

A first-eve decree on special incentives for foreign agricultural projects is tabled to help Vietnam attract more investments in this sector.

Many investors have registered to develop railways, airports, seaports and highways, but developing infrastructure, a lucrative business field, only suits financially powerful investors.

(VOV) - The Republic of Korea’s Ottogi Vietnam Co, Ltd has signed a contract to build a food & beverage plant in Yen Phong Industrial Park (IP) in the northern province of Bac Ninh. 

Amata Long Thanh Joint Stock Company was granted an investment certificate at a ceremony held on July 22 to construct the first hi-tech industrial park in Long Thanh District in the southern province of Dong Nai. 

(VOV) - While Vietnam’s pledged foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 22% in the five months through May from a year earlier, more and more Vietnamese businesses are ploughing money into overseas markets according to official statistics.

(VOV) - Vietnam Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat on July 21 held a working session with his Lao counterpart, Vilayvanh Phomkhe on measures to bolster agri-forestry cooperation between the two countries.

Although cities and provinces show their determination to revoke licences from sluggish foreign invested projects, they still find it hard to make any revocation decisions.

The demand from Vietnam’s key export markets has decreased significantly, while the dollar has appreciated sharply, causing textile and garment export growth to slow down.

Vietnam has topped a performance index for green-field foreign direct investment, leading all other emerging markets by a wide margin, according to the Financial Times.

Vingroup has signed strategic partnership agreements in project design, consultancy and management with the world's eight leading engineering and construction groups on July 17.

(VOV) - Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Vietnam Forum 2015 organising board announced at a July 16 press conference that the event is scheduled to take place on  August 6.  

(VOV) - At a July 15 industrial conference sponsored by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Samsung, the need for a new legislative framework for marketing of products was the topic of discussion.

The Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) Inter-Governmental Committee convened its 14th meeting in Seoul on July 14 to seek ways to foster bilateral cooperation in the time ahead. 

(VOV) - On July 14, a delegation of more than 20 Indian firms paid a working visit to HCM City  to survey the market, learn about the investment climate and seek local partners to establish long-term and sustainable cooperation in the future. 

(VOV) - Foreign governments and modern-day food manufacturers are increasingly imposing requirements that take a lot of investment in high-tech agriculture said attendees to a July 13 conference in Hanoi.

A wave of local private investments worth billions of dollars is expected to help change Vietnam’s poorly funded agricultural sector.

(VOV) - The revised Enterprise Law officially took effect on July 1st under which timelines are slashed to 3 days instead of 5 to 10 days in the past. Facilitating favorable conditions for individuals and enterprises to register business licensing will boost Vietnam’s economy.

In the presence of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Fulbright University Vietnam project received its investment certificate at a ceremony held in New York on July 10. 

The LaoVietBank recently signed a contract with a Lao construction company to finance a project to upgrade Route 16 in Laos.

The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has got a license to invest an additional nearly US$3.5 million in Miraka Limited Company of New Zealand.

(VOV) - Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is allowed to establish its branch in Vietnam.

The number of people and firms seeking advice about business startups at the HCMC Department of Planning and Investment has surged since the amended enterprise and investment laws took effect on July 1. 

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong witnessed the signing of four cooperation agreements totaling US$507 million between Vietnam and the World Bank (WB) aiming to support Vietnam’s agricultural development, green transport and poverty reduction in Washington D.C., on July 9.