VOV.VN - The Government should move to establish a national steering committee, headed by a Deputy Prime Minister, to promptly resolve problems and challenges facing supporting industries, according to Nguyen Hoang, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association for Support Industries (VASI).

Foreign investors will continue to pour money into Vietnam’s logistics sector to seize post-pandemic development opportunities, Lao Dong newspaper quoted Piyush Rathorenoi, General Director of the Transworld QBV ICD as saying.

Saigon Telecom Technology Joint Stock Company (SAIGONTEL) of Vietnam and Aurous Capital Pte. Ltd of Singapore have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on investment cooperation in a US$2.5-billion project to develop an industrial and urban complex in the northern province of Bac Giang.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attracted approximately US$5 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the opening two months of the year, equivalent to roughly 91.5% against the same period last year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A record of over US$1.3 billion was poured into Vietnamese startups in 2021 despite the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping the country rank third in the group of the most dynamic innovative startup ecosystems in Southeast Asia, only after Indonesia and Singapore.

VOV.VN - Singapore had represented the second largest foreign investor in Vietnam before moving into top position, surpassing the Republic of Korea (RoK) despite suffering two years of COVID-19, including during the first month of this year.

VOV.VN - Singapore currently represents the largest investor in Vietnam from the ASEAN region with total registered capital of US$66 billion.

The Minister of Planning and Investment has issued a circular giving guidelines on the supervision and assessment of foreign investment activities in Vietnam.

Japan’s Erex Co Ltd. is considering building a biomass power plant with a capacity of 100-150MW in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, Erex Chairman Honna Hitoshi said on February 22.

Businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) visited the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on February 21 to seek partnership opportunities with local firms.