(VOV) -Chairman of Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation,Golubev Aleksey Viktorovich, is paying a working visit to Vietnam to seek investment cooperation opportunities. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam Embassy in the Philippines recently sponsored a trade and investment seminar at Cebu island province. 

(VOV) - Vietnam-Japan investment and trade promotion conferences were held in Osaka and Kobe, Japan on October 14-15 to exchange information and establish business ties between businesses from the two countries.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s equitization of state-owned enterprises (SoEs), principally corporations and major banks will offer a host of investment and business opportunities for the economic private sector, foreign investors who may become Vietnam’s strategic partners.

(VOV) - Familiar food and drink maker Nestle just announced it is pumping more than US$37 million into expanding its MILO factory at the AMATA Industrial Park in Binh An, Vietnam.

(VOV) - Representatives of nearly 160 garment and textile makers from Vietnam and India gathered in Nam Dinh province on September 26 to share experience and seek cooperation opportunities.

(VOV) - Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) has acquired a significant minority stake in Golden Gate Trade and Services Joint Stock Company, the leading restaurant chain operator in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Germany, with 236 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects valued at US$1.34 billion as of September 1, ranked 22nd among 101 nations and territories investing in Vietnam.

(VOV) - The Mahaphant Group, one of the largest manufacturers of fibre cement boards, siding and roofing tiles in Thailand officially opened a representative office in Vietnam on September 11. 

(VOV) - FPT IS, an information system affiliate of the Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology (FPT), has been awarded a US$6.6 million contract to supply and implement an integrated income tax management system for Bangladesh.

(VOV) - Vietnamese rubber exports are forecast at 1 million tonnes with total export value of US$1.8-2 billion for 2014, down 10% in volume and 25-30% in value compared to last year.

(VOV) - The restaurant and food industry in Vietnam is a delectable – hot and juicy spot for foreign investment and has been garnering the eye of large numbers of Japanese investors.

(VOV) - Southern Dong Nai province has issued investment certificates for 103 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects, valued at over US$922 million during the first eight months of the year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung recently approved a development plan for Vietnam’s shipping industry for 2020, with a vision for 2030, aiming to ease the transportation burden on roads. 

(VOV) - Thai trade and investment promotion agencies are actively implementing an array of programmes to connect businesses and support them in seeking business investment opportunities in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Microsoft, which took over Nokia in a US$7.2 million deal last April, is closing all its plants in Hungary, contracting production in China and Mexico, and shifting the bulk of phone manufacturing to Bac Ninh province.

(VOV) - Over 150 international economic experts and managers shared experience in sharpening competitive edge and boosting international economic cooperation at a seminar in Hanoi on August 23.

(VOV) -Japanese Idemitsu Kosan company on August 21 announced that it has struck oil at its fourth oil-well at plot 05-1b and 05-1c offshore southern Vietnam.

A study by Nomura Research Institute (NRI) of Japan estimated the value of Vietnam's property market at US$21 billion, a far cry from that of some of its neighbours. 

(VOV) -Comvik, a leading prepaid mobile phone operator in Sweden, has showed a keen interest in the Vietnamese telecom market, especially in buying shares of MobiFone.

(VOV) - Vietnam should undertake stronger economic restructuring measures, targeting a more comprehensive and transparent effort, allowing for more effective allocation of resources, according to Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh.

(VOV) - All localities may become an attractive destination for foreign businesses, said Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) Chief Representative Atsusuke Kawada at a seminar in Hanoi on August 13.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked relevant ministries and agencies and Hanoi authorities to seek every possible way to remove difficulties for the projects on building the Hoa Lac Hi-tech Park and the Hanoi National University. 

(VOV) - Japan remains the largest foreign investor of southern Binh Duong province with more than 220 projects and foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursements of nearly US$5 billion.

(VOV) - The number of foreign trade representative visits to Vietnam during the first half of the year are an auspicious sign US investment in the country is not about to wane anytime soon, economic experts say.

The central province of Phu Yen has revoked licenses of two foreign direct investment (FDI) tourism projects worth US$50 million for delays in implementation.

(VOV) - A recent survey reveals that 70% of German businesses operating in Vietnam hold a positive outlook on the economy in 2014 and are sanguine on prospects for continued buoyancy in the upcoming year.

(VOV) -Nghe An central province has proposed the Government adjust a zoning plan on the south-eastern Nghe An Economic Zone (EZ), involving the Investment and Industrial Development Corporation (Becamex IDC).

(VOV) -Thanks to its lower-cost labour market, geographic location and its 80 million strong retail market, Vietnam is emerging as an ideal venue for such big international groups as Samsung, Intel and LG.

(VOV) - Republic of Korea (RoK) businesses have pumped over US$3.13 billion of cash into Vietnam’s economy in the first seven months of the year, accounting for one third of the country’s total foreign direct investment (FDI).