VOV.VN - A conference was held in Hanoi on October 19 aimed at resolving difficulties faced by foreign-invested businesses based in the capital during the COVID-19 pandemic and attract further investment from domestic and international sources, especially FDI inflows.

The administration of Hanoi is scheduled to hold a dialogue with foreign invested businesses on October 19 to seek ways to tackle difficulties facing them amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Foreign Ministry held the first conference of honorary consuls of Vietnam abroad in both virtual and in-person forms on October 14 with about 150 connection points.

Vietnam and Singapore should further optimise free trade agreements (FTAs) in which both sides are members such as the CPTPP and RCEP to strengthen partnership among businesses of both countries, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has proposed.

Vietnam has shown its attractiveness as a sustainable and long-term investment destination thanks to the country's numerous advantages, according to CEO of Nestle Vietnam Binu Jacob.

Despite serious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign investments in Vietnam in the first nine months of 2021 rose, showing investors' trust and optimism about the country’s socio-economic recovery and development in the coming time, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Bich Ngoc has said.

The shortage of high-quality workforce is a “bottleneck” faced by domestic support industry enterprises, said economists.

VOV.VN - Although Vietnam was badly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in the first two quarters of the year, its real estate market has still received 500,000 new supplies, representing an annual increase of 270%.

Member enterprises of the Sakai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) doing business in Vietnam have made good evaluations about the country and expressed their wish to expand investment there, SCCI Chairman Kazumasa Kuzumura has said.

Despite COVID-19, foreign investors’ new capital registered in Vietnam reached US$22.15 billion in the first nine months, up 4.4% compared to the same period last year, as heard at the Government Portal’s online conference held on September 27.