More than 80,800 enterprises entered into or returned to Vietnam’s business scene in the first seven months, with the sectors of real estate and healthcare seeing the most impressive increases in new companies.

VOV.VN - BRG Group Vietnam, SeABank and Michinoku Bank of Japan have announced the formation of a consortium to promote quality agriculture and foodstuffs trade between Vietnam and Japan. 

VOV.VN - CH Carolina Herrera is making major moves. In August, the international fashion house has announced it will expand its footprint into Vietnam and open a flagship store at the Saigon Centre in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City hopes to welcome a new wave of Malaysian investors, especially following the formation of the ASEAN Community and the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Daesang Corporation, a major producer of consumer foods and additives in the Republic of Korea, has been in talks to buy a stake in Duc Viet Food JSC, news website VnExpress reported on July 28, quoting an unnamed source from the Vietnamese company.

VOV.VN - In the past year, 3,141 foreign investors have bought US$2.948 billion shares of Vietnam companies, according to Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnam has attracted US$12.94 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) as of July 20, up 46.9% against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

VOV.VN - Domestic electronics manufacturing can play a bigger role in the industrial development of the nation and help grow the country’s exports – thereby creating more real jobs, says the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI).

Mitsubishi Corp. is partnering with a Vietnamese firm to develop a major real estate project in Vietnam with construction costs of up to 200 billion JPY (US$1.9 billion). 

The Vietnam Pangasius Association launched a trading website and a farming e-map of Tra fish at a ceremony in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 27.