After a booming period, foreign investment flows into Vietnam via mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have slowed down over the past few years, and the market is still waiting for big deals.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 14 stressed law building as a key task for ministries and agencies this month, urging great efforts to complete the draft laws that are slated to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval at its eighth meeting, scheduled for October.

More than 17,100 apartments and land plots of real estate projects across the country remain in the market in the second quarter of this year, with land plots and houses doubling that of apartments, the Ministry of Construction (MoC) reported on August 14.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed to issue an official dispatch directing ministries, sectors, and localities to effectively implement the Land Law, Housing Law, and Real Estate Business Law, all of which came into force simultaneously on August 1.

In order to meet the goal of 7% economic growth rate this year, experts held that it is necessary to maintain current development pace and even accelerate it.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man chaired a working session in Hanoi on August 7 with the NA Economic Committee, Finance-Budget Committee, and Committee for Science, Technology and Environment on their performance since the beginning of the 15th tenure and discuss major tasks for the rest of the tenure.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man has expressed his hope that parliamentary cooperation would become a key pillar in the partnership between Vietnam and Timor-Leste, via sharing experiences in law-building, supreme supervision, and decision-making on key national issues.

Many bright spots were seen in the economic panorama in the first seven months of this year thanks to the Government’s continuous efforts to perfect the institution, remove difficulties for businesses, and promote economic growth.

The Vietnamese stock market has evolved significantly from its earlier rudimentary state.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 30 asked ministries, agencies and localities to step up the implementation of laws and resolutions of the 15th National Assembly at a national conference.