VOV.VN - Vietnam expects to attract about US$39-40 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) capital this year, a figure which is equivalent or higher than the same period in 2023, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong.

Aside from harnessing domestic resources, it is important to attract foreign investment to optimise potential and advantages of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, according to experts.

VOV.VN - Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and the United States hit US$61.4 billion in the first half of the year and it is on track to surpass the US$100 billion mark for the fourth year in a row.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called on businesses of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to expand investment cooperation in areas where the RoK has strengths and Vietnam has high demand, at a joint business forum in Seoul on July 1.

The Government has proposed the National Assembly (NA) allow the use of VND18.22 trillion (US$715.6 million) sourced from the increased sum of the 2023 central budget collection for 14 public investment projects.

VOV.VN - More than 70 Vietnamese businesses operating in fields such as software, information technology, construction, logistics, transportation, food, and agriculture recently attended SelectUSA Investment Summit 2024 in Maryland, USA, to seek cooperation opportunities.

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomes large Indian corporations to invest in the country’s strategic fields such as oil and gas, infrastructure, and seaports, as well as in emerging fields like digital transformation, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and energy transition.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will continue to give priority to sustaining steady growth and attracting selective investment in the coming time with flexible policies to be introduced appropriate to the conditions and circumstances of Vietnam and the world, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Vietnam’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2024 and June are likely to reach 6.2% and 6% respectively as set by the Government, said Nguyen Duc Tam, Director of the Department for National Economic Issues under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United States held their first economic dialogue in Washington DC at 10am on June 25 (local time) co-chaired by US Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez and Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung.