(VOV) - A conference on investment promotion in green tourism was held in Can Tho on June 30 under the framework of the Green Tourism Week in the Mekong Delta region.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) has launched an portal on foreign investment procedures with the purpose of increasing the attractiveness of the country’s business-investment climate.

(VOV) - The Southern Binh Duong provincial People’s Committee on June 29 approved the issuance of an investment certificate to Polytex Far Easterm Company, based out of Taiwan.

(VOV) - Mining industry professionals from Vietnam and Australia gathered at a seminar on June 29 in Hanoi to get updated on the latest trends and technology advances in the industry.

Vietnam has a skilled labor force and favorable natural conditions to grow vegetables and fruits but it still needs foreign technologies to clean farm produce for export.

The Prime Minister has ratified Decree 60/2015 to replace Decree 58, which included a long-awaited regulation on removing limits on foreign ownership in listed companies.

(VOV) - Trade between Vietnam and the US has grown exponentially under a bilateral trade pact that went into force in late 2001 and totalled nearly US$11,035 billion as the end of February this year.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) fell in the first six months of the year to its lowest level in more than four years, in the latest sign of an increasingly cautious outlook from foreign business.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and its Kawasaki counterpart from Japan (KCCI) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 25 to boost trade, business and investment between small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 

(VOV) - Vietnam is an important market of Dell and the group will pour further investment into the market, said Anothai Wettayakorn, managing director of Dell Thailand and general manager for Indochina. 

Hungarian businesses were provided with updated information related to Vietnam’s investment and tariff incentive policies during a workshop held recently by the Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vas county. 

(VOV) - FrieslandCampina Vietnam (FCV) officially held an inauguration ceremony for a sustainable dairy zone in Moc Bac commune, Duy Tien district in the northern province of Ha Nam on June 24. 

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has told the Ministry of Planning and Investment to inform relevant parties of the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) project of a halt to this planned park on Phu Quoc Island.

Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Laos-Asia telecom company and Vietnam’s Viettel telecom group, officially inaugurated its 4G network service in Vientiane, Laos on June 23.

(VOV) - A conference was held on June 23 in Hanoi to review the Vietnam Development Partnership Forum (VDPF) 2015. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Cuba Embassy in Hanoi co-hosted a seminar on June 23 to introduce Cuban investment and development opportunities to Vietnamese businesses.

(VOV) - The second responsible business forum on food and agriculture opened in Hanoi on June 23, with the participation of 350 leaders from ASEAN, international businesses, and financial and agricultural associations.

(VOV) - Lotte Coralis Vietnam Co. Ltd has finalized formalities to add US$30 million to its investment capital in Hanoi while Lotte Mart has planned to pour an additional US$14 million in the capital city, according to a recent Hanoi’s socio-economic report. 

Vietnam's animal husbandry industry is expected to face serious challenges under new and future Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) because of low productivity, high production costs and small scale of production.

(VOV) - The Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial People’s Committee has allowed Gravi Float AS Company of Norway to make a feasible study on building a 45 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Con Dao.

The Ministry of Construction (MoC) has proposed the Government to consider the pilot use of official development assistance (ODA) capital and concessional loans in social housing projects in order to make this type of accommodation more accessible to low-income people.

Senior officials and international experts gathered at a conference in Hanoi on June 20 to seeks ways for effective industrial development in Vietnam. 

The West Australia - Vietnam Business Council (WAVBC) made it debut in Perth on June 18, aiming to provide information for enterprises of both sides and support their exchanges and promotion of business and investment ties.

Vietnam is an ideal destination for Cyprus enterprises, with great opportunities to be opened up with the signing of the Vietnam-EU free trade agreement, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to Italy and Cyprus Nguyen Hoang Long during a Vietnam-Cyprus business forum on June 19. 

While many moguls are pouring huge amounts in agriculture, some investors are quietly retreating from the field.

(VOV) - On June 18, Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vice Chairman Nguyen Huu Tin worked with Korean Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Park Noh Wan on specific cooperation measures aimed at further stepping up economic cooperation and cultural exchanges between Ho Chi Minh City with Korean localities.

PTV, a logistics company from the Republic of Korea (RoK), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Inha University in Incheon City on the establishment of a scholarship fund for Vietnamese students. 

The factory of today is on its way to becoming the factory of the past and we shouldn’t be surprised by this. 

M.I.K Corporation has got an investment certificate to develop a five-star hotel on nearly four hectares at Bai Dai Eco-tourism Park on the resort island of Phu Quoc off mainland Kien Giang Province.

Binh Duong received nearly 2,550 foreign direct investment projects between 2010 and 2015, bringing the total registered capital to US$21.5 billion, the provincial People's Committee's Chairman Tran Van Nam said.