(VOV) -Vietnam’s 126 investment projects totally capitalised at US$3.023 billion had been licensed in Cambodia by October 2013.

(VOV) - Cambodian PM Hun Sen has affirmed his government will create a favourable business environment for Vietnamese investors in the country.

(VOV) - Commercial banks are expecting a sharp increase in overseas remittances as 2013 draws to a close, estimating a yearly total approaching US$11 billion.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted north-western Vietnam’s 25.6% poverty rate - triple the national average - while speaking at a December 14 conference on promoting investment in the region.

Vietnam created a breakthrough in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of 2013, contributing to affirming attractiveness of the country's investment environment and efforts in the improving its environment.

(VOV) -A seminar was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 10 to introduce investment opportunities and incentives for Vietnamese businesses who are keen on the Belgian market.

(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc pledged to create favourable conditions for Samsung Electronics to implement its investment projects in Vietnam.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency reports Japanese businesses have engaged in 2,103 Vietnam-based projects so far this year, totalling US$34.526 million.

(VOV) - Twenty eight cooperative projects between Wallonie-Bruxelles and Vietnam will be implemented in 2013-2015 with total investment capitalisation of US$4.5 million.

The Vietnamese Government is willing to create favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from Canada, to operate successfully in Vietnam , Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has said.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and Vietnam Invest Network SJC have held the 2013 “Vietnam Industrial Zone Investment Promotion” exhibition (VietIZ 2013) in Hanoi on November 28.

(VOV) - General Electric, an American multinational corporation, is considering expanding its wind turbine plant in Haiphong city in 2014.

(VOV) - By November 20, more than US$884 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) had been poured into the real estate sector, mostly in newly-registered projects.

(VOV) - During a recent visit to Vietnam, Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO of US-based LasVegas Sands, expressed his group’s interest in an integrated resort in Vietnam.

The total newly-registered and additional FDI capital poured into Vietnam in the first 10 months of this year hit US$19.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 65.5 percent, outdistancing this year’s target of US$13-14 billion.

(VOV) -The Mekong Delta province of Can Tho broke ground for a 11,000 square metre Korean-invested technological incubators centre on November 23.

(VOV) -A Vietnamese home furnishing product maker in the southern province of Vinh Long launched its first US-based investment in Arkansas’ Morrilton City on November 22.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s agricultural sector has a bright future thanks to recent developments in its economic and business environment, according to Business Monitor International (BMI).

(VOV) - A seminar themed “M&A in Vietnam: Investment Attraction from Japan” was held in Tokyo on November 12.

(VOV) -An investment promotion seminar was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 12 to attract more Japanese investors to the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh.

(VOV) - A leading economic expert has called on Italian businesses to invest in the Vietnamese market, and considered a gateway to the Southeast Asia market.

(VOV) - A hearing on the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 12.

The 13th quarterly EuroCham Business Climate Index (BCI) survey released on November 6 showed that business confidence and outlook among European businesses in Vietnam remains unchanged for the third time - stagnating at 50.

(VOV) - Vietnam attracted US$19.234 billion in foreign direct investment between January-October 2013, a year-on-year increase of 65%. 

(VOV) -Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung has introduced investment opportunities in Vietnam and highlighted fruitful economic cooperation between the country and Middle East and North African countries.

(VOV) - Igor Soglayev, General Director of the Russian Rosneft Oil and Gas Group’s Sarvors Company, has led a delegation on a fact-finding tour of Binh Dinh province’s Nhon Hoi Oil Refinery Project.

Vietnam is still a very attractive location to do business, and multinational corporations such as Samsung, Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Rebisco have recently made large-scale investments in the country.

(VOV) - Mitsubishi Elevator Vietnam Co., Ltd. (VMEC), a wholly foreign owned company funded by Mitsubishi Electric Group and Mitsubishi Corporation, was officially inaugurated in HCM City and Hanoi recently.

(VOV) - Vietnam intends to open another economic office in Lombardy in 2014, expanding its presence in the most developed economic and industrialised region in Italy.

(VOV) -The Korean-owned Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam Co. Ltd. (Doosan Vina) has invested US$300 million in Quang Ngai province’s Dung Quat Economic Zone (EZ).