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

(VOV) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in northern provinces and cities has increased considerably in recent times, hitting nearly half of the country’s 2012 total.

(VOV) - Samsung Electronics Vietnam will build a plant to produce and assemble mobile phones and hi-tech electronic products as part of a high-tech project in northern Thai Nguyen province.

(VOV) - Many people are now selling large amounts of money remitted from overseas to banks, demonstrating their increased confidence in the Vietnam dong.

(VOV) - The Vietnam National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) will invest VND16.9 trillion in the power transmission system in 2013, up 1.36 times from last year.

(VOV) - US investors are showing their keen interest in the Vietnamese market thanks to political stability and cheap labour costs.

(VOV) - Forecasts are confidently predicting the EU market’s promise for Vietnamese goods in 2013 as both sides maintain their traditionally stable relationship and intensify their efforts towards the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

(VOV) - A US delegation of businesses visited Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang on January 29.   

(VOV) - US companies have voiced support for the Vietnamese government’s efforts to stabilize the macro-economy and pledged to do long-term business in the country.

(VOV) - Japan has topped the list of 17 countries investing in Vietnam in the first month of 2013, with its newly licensed and additional capital totaling US$157.7 million.

Many foreign investors have shown interest in expanding investments in the northern border province of Quang Ninh.

(VOV) - Major companies are eager to do business in Vietnam with an increasingly longer outlook towards the future.

(VOV) - Czech Republic Minister of Industry and Trade Martin Kuba has affirmed that his country prioritises its trade and investment cooperation with Vietnam.

The signing ceremony of the US$300 million credit loan contract between Petro Vietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) and a group of foreign banks took place in Hanoi on January 18.

(VOV) - HCM City held the Vietnam Business Forum on January 19 to discuss the challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their potential solutions after Vietnam’s five years as World Trade Organisation (WTO) member. 

The Republic of Korea (RoK) has been a leading investor among the 30 countries and territories in Danang, said Huynh Phuong Lien, deputy director of the central city’s Investment Promotion Centre.

(VOV) - Brother Vietnam Co. Ltd has inaugurated its fourth factory on January 18 at Phuc Dien Industrial Park in the province of Hai Duong.

(VOV) - Vietnam wants to promote the US-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Partnership for a Sustainable Energy Future, describing it as a practical effort to increase ASEAN-US cooperation.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on January 17 signed four loan agreements totaling US$176 million to support four projects in Vietnam.

Amata Vietnam officially joined the Stock Exchange of Thailand on January 17 in a bid to seek more investment capital to expand its operation in Thailand.

(VOV) - Japan leads the foreign capital flow in the southern province of Binh Duong, with 176 valid projects capitalised at US$3.1 billion.

(VOV) - Vietnam is considered a “new dragon” of ASEAN nations, said analysts at a seminar in Paris on January 15 to introduce Vietnam’s investment potential.

(VOV) - The Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Limited Liability Company (NSRP) and the PVI Insurance Corporation signed a US$9 billion in Hanoi on January 15 to provide insurance services for the Nghi Son Oil Refinery Project.

(VOV) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) considers Vietnam its key market in the Asia-Pacific region.

(VOV) - Vietnam aims to attract US$13-14 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) and disburse US$10.5-11 billion this year, equivalent to 2012’s figures.

(VOV) - Since its establishment six years ago, the Chan May- Lang Co Economic Zone (EZ) in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue has attracted 32 investment projects, capitalized at VND35,474 billion.

(VOV) - The real estate sector attracted an additional US$1.85 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2012, accounting for 14.2 percent of the total registered FDI, double last year’s figure.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) and Japan’s Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) signed their strategic investment and comprehensive cooperation contracts in Hanoi on December 27.

(VOV) - Vietnamese businesses will increase investment in Cambodia, aiming to raise their total capital to US$4 billion in 2015.

As much as VND301 billion (about US$14 million) will be needed to further propel the development of the aquaculture sector in 2013.