(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).

(VOV) -Vietnam has attracted US$19.2 billion in direct foreign investment (FDI) since early this year, up 65.5% from a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

(VOV) -Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai chaired a Vietnam-Malaysia business forum in Kuala Lumpur on October 11 to promote bilateral trade ties in the post-crisis era.

(VOV) - An investment-trade promotion forum between Vietnam and Japan was held in HCM City on October 9 in an effort to boost bilateral trade ties.

(VOV) - As of September 20, Vietnam had licensed 872 new investment projects with total registered capitalization of US$9.3 billion, up 34.9% from a year earlier. 

(VOV) -Polpharm- a leading pharmaceutical group of Poland has included Vietnam in its market development strategy in Southeast Asia.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s investment environment is on the improve with macroeconomic stablility and high qualified human resources.

(VOV) - The American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham) held a working session with Dong Nai province to expand bilateral cooperation, especially in foreign investment attraction, exports and quality human resource training.

Hanoi is set to get in more direct investment from Japan through a project signed with Japan’s Forval Corporation on September 23.

(VOV) - Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is now home to 18 Japanese investment projects worth US$1.7 billion, which are generating thousands of jobs for local workers.

(VOV) - A program was launched in Hanoi on September 18 to promote the export of products from the food processing sector to the European market.

(VOV) - A delegation of 40 businesses from Japan’s Kyushu region has attended a HCM City seminar on September 17 to explore potential business opportunities in Vietnam.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) is prepared to invest in building a milk factory in the US.

(VOV) - Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong attended the ground-breaking ceremony of a Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) in Quang Ngai province on September 13. 

(VOV) -Vietnam currently ranks second in ASEAN in terms of attracting Japanese investors (around 1,200 firms), said Hirotaka Yasuzumi, Managing Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) -The Republic of Korea (RoK) is willing to share its development experience and encourage its businesses to invest in Vietnam.

(VOV) - The HCM City’s People’s Committee granted investment licenses to a number of new Japanese projects worth US$166 million in the city’s industrial parks (IPs), and export and processing zones (EPZs) on September 10.

Kumho Tire, a subsidiary of Korea's Kumho Asiana Group, plans to invest around US$100 million in a factory in Binh Duong Province, Kumho Asiana Group chairman Park Sam-koo told the Korea Times last weekend.

(VOV) - A Vietnam Semiconductor Strategy Summit held in HCM City on September 9-11 is expected to give fresh impetus to the country’s semiconductor industry.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s trade turnover with African, West and South Asia markets hit around US$10.05 billion in seven months, of which US$6.5 billion came from exports (up 49.6%) and US$3.5 billion from imports (up 25.6 %) compared to last year’s figures, according to the Vietnam Customs statistics.

(VOV) - A high-level dialogue was held in Hanoi on September 8 between the government agencies and business communities of Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to discuss economic cooperation.

While the domestic property market continues to stagnate, statistics show that foreign direct investment (FDI) in real-estate projects is on the rise.

Siam Cement Group (SCG) from Thailand considers Vietnam a key market in its strategy to expand investment in the Southeast Asian region.

(VOV) - An inauguration ceremony was held on September 9 in central Phu Yen province to put the civil aviation zone at Tuy Hoa Airport into operation.

(VOV) - Over the past 20 years, Vietnam-RoK trade turnover has grown 44 fold from US$490 million to US$21.67 billion, but the rate of investment in Vietnam is up 250 times from US$100 million to US$25 billion.

(VOV) - HCM City wants to attract more UK investors in the future, Le Hoang Quan, Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, told a seminar in London on September 4.

(VOV) -Samsung group plans to conduct a feasible study of a number of power projects in Vietnam this month to choose the best one for investment.

Vietnam’s manufacturing sector showed signs of near stabilization even though its output and new orders continued to fall in August, according to HSBC.

The UK’s experience in the public-private partnership (PPP) model, a scheme to better access private credit in addition to limited State budget was featured at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on September 3.

(VOV) - Japan ranks first among foreign investors in Vietnam in terms of registered capital with 1990 valid projects worth US$32.667 billion.