(VOV) - The Hai Phong municipal People’s Committee has held a ceremony to launch construction on the Cat Bi International Airport upgrade project in the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

(VOV) - Representatives from 30 US private equity firms are gathering in Hanoi on March 19-20 for a first-ever conference held by Texas Pacific Group (TPG) to explore business opportunities.

(VOV) - Businesses from Japanese city of Kobe made a fact-finding tour of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on March 18 to sound out opportunities for investment cooperation.

Texas Pacific Group (TPG), one of the largest private equity firms in the US, will organise its limited partners (LB) conference in Hanoi from March 19-21.

Vietnamese and Austrian businesses gathered at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on March 14 to seek ways to strengthen links.

(VOV) - Vietnam needs to modernise infrastructure, generate high-quality human capital and finalise legal reforms to attract more investment to industry, experts have said.

The People’s Committee of central Danang city has recently met with Minister-Counsellor of the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam Hideo Suzuki to seek his help in drawing more Japanese investment to the city’s hi-tech park.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has reported that the city’s industrial production rose by 3.2 percent in the first two months of 2013, doubling the number from a year ago.

The central city of Da Nang is set to host the Conference on Investment Promotion for the Central Coastal Region from March 21-23.

(VOV) -More than 70 representatives from companies, funds and trade organizations in the US have attended a conference in New York on February 5th to promote foreign investment in Vietnam.

(VOV) - The southern province of Dong Nai has attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) capital totaling US$214 million in the first two months of the year, leading the nation in incoming FDI over the period.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Department for African, West Asian, and South Asian Markets is predicting Vietnam’s 2013 exports to Pakistan in 2013 will  increase  slightly as Pakistan’s economic difficulties continue.

(VOV) - Moscow’s Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association has always helped businesses with any difficulties they encounter, stabilised their production, and assisted the Russian Vietnamese community’s development.

(VOV) - The southern province of Binh Duong has attracted an additional US$597.3 million in foreign direct investment (FDI), split between 36 new projects capitalized at US$388.7 million and 35 additional capital projects totaling US$190.6 million.

(VOV) - Nearly 600 entrepreneurs and investors from throughout Southeast Asia and the world attended the ASEAN Business Forum 2013 which opened in Bangkok on February 27.

(VOV) -The Thai business community has shown special interest in the stand set up by the Vietnamese Trade Office at an exhibition showcasing investment opportunities being held as part of the ASEAN Business Forum in Bangkok, Thailand.

(VOV) - Three support industry exhibitions will be held in Hanoi from September 4-6, Thailand ’s Reed Tradex Co has announced. 

(VOV) - The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) on February 25 held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new Laos-Vietnam Bank (LVB) branch in Attapeu town of Southern Laos.

(VOV) - The central province of Nghe An is making a breakthrough in administrative reform, creating the best possible conditions for businesses to operate in the locality.

(VOV) - Japanese hotel chain, Toyoko Inn, revealed its ambitious plan to build 100 starred hotels in Vietnam at a seminar in Hanoi on February 22.

(VOV) - A seminar has been held in Japan’s Ehime prefecture to promote investment in Vietnam.

The Southeast Asia port expansion summit 2013 got underway in Ho Chi Minh City on February 21 with the participation of 120 maritime delegates from ASEAN countries.

Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City on February 21 held a working session with representatives of foreign- invested enterprises to seek ways to remove their obstacles.

(VOV) - Haiti has lauded Viettel, one of Vietnam’s leading telecommunications groups, for its contributions to the Latin American and Caribbean country’s breakthroughs in the sector.

(VOV) - A new policy drafted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and relevant agencies is expected to fuel foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Vietnam.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on February 18 granted investment licences to five projects totally valued at US$28 million and over VND2.3 trillion (US$109.5 million), completing 20 percent of its target for 2013.

(VOV) - Vietnam attracted more than US$10 billion in remittances from overseas last year, ranking 7th globally, announced Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh.

(VOV) - Vietnam has become Laos’ biggest foreign investor during the period since the Lao Government first adopted foreign investment incentive policies (1989–2012).

(VOV) - The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is implementing plans to build three industrial zones totaling an area of 1,400 hectares.

(VOV) - ANZ Vietnam CEO Tareq Muhmood shared his view with VOV reporter in an exclusive interview on the threshold of the New Year.