The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to focus on health, public investment and human resource development in its activities in Vietnam in fiscal year 2021, which began on April 1, JICA's chief representative in Vietnam Shimizu Akira has confirmed.
VOV.VN - The manufacturing and processing sector has taken the top spot in drawing foreign direct investment (FDI) since the beginning of this year, with US$6.1 billion, accounting for 43% of the total.
Many Indian companies want to come to Vietnam and explore investment opportunities after the COVID-19 situation comes under control, Dr Madan Mohan Sethi, Indian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, has said.
The Minister of Transport has issued Directive 06/CT-BGTVT on speeding up public investment disbursement in 2021 to successfully realise the socio-economic plan and State budget estimate for the year.
The 57th meeting of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee was wrapped up on June 15 after one and a half days of sitting.
VOV.VN - The Japanese Government has decided to provide Vietnam with one million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate its people, Japanese Ambassador Yamada Takio announced at a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on June 15.
The disbursed amount of public investment funded by official development assistance (ODA) in localities in the first five months of this year stood at only over VND1.1 trillion (US$47.9 million), equivalent to just 1.73% of the year’s target, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).
VOV.VN - The World Bank has said the Vietnamese economy appears to have fared relatively well in light of the fourth coronavirus outbreak, but warned several signs suggest slowdown in economic activity if the pandemic is not contained in the short term.
The manufacturing and processing sector has taken the lead in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) since the beginning of this year, pulling in US$6.1 billion, or over 43% of the total.
Vietnamese firms poured US$546.7 million into overseas projects in the first five months of 2021, more than triple the figure of the same period last year.