VOV.VN - A delegation of the CJ Group from the Republic of Korea (RoK) led by its President Chang Bok Sang has made a fact-finding tour of central Binh Dinh province to seek an investment opportunity.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has just requested the city’s Department of Planning and Investment to review Berjaya Corporation Bhd.’s Vietnam International University Township (VIUT) project in the northwest urban area.

The fact that Chinese businesses play tricks to obtain land in ‘sensitive areas’ in Vietnam has raised concerns about security and national defence.

The People’s Council of the southern industrial hub Binh Duong Province has adopted a resolution on the province’s socio-economic development for 2016-2020 with the goal of an annual Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) growth of 8.3%.

Despite facing numerous challenges, some international organisations remain optimistic about Vietnam’s economic prospects for 2016 due to surging manufacturing and foreign investment.

Local newspapers have reported that Apple had been looking for investment locations in Danang City.

The real estate conglomerate Vingroup plans to build a trade complex in Ha Giang city, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, stated Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Tran Manh Loi. 

Eight out of 14 start-ups of the Topica Founder Institute (TFI) introduced their products and called for investment at the Topica Founder Showcase 2016, held in Hanoi on August 10. 

In 2011-2015, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) raised huge funds of VND186.66 trillion for road transport projects, accounting for 92.15% of the total capital mobilized.

Foreign businesses have invested in their own companies but have also contributed capital to thousands of Vietnamese companies.