VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Samsung Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Da Nang City on September 12 to develop a smart factory project for Vietnamese enterprises in the central region.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese businesses have so far invested in 241 projects in Laos, with a total registered capitalization of US$5.4 billion, of which US$2.7 billion has been disbursed, a conference heard in Hanoi September 12.

VOV.VN - As many as 144 golfers began a tournament called I Love Vietnam at Royal Long An Golf and Villas in the southern province of Long An on September 9 to raise funds for charity projects in Vietnam.

Foreign investment has proven itself as a dynamic economic sector, with significant contributions to the growth of the national economy as well as its integration into the world, heard a recent Hanoi workshop.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring overlapping crises and challenges, several climate projects, smaller businesses, women, and farmers throughout Asia and the Pacific region have benefited from record amounts of funding given by the International Finance Corporation, with Vietnam among the IFC's top five countries for long-term investment in the region for the fiscal year ending June 30.

Leaders of Can Tho city and a delegation of the Chinese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City sought ways to enhance connectivity between the Mekong Delta locality and Chinese businesses in logistics, agricultural processing and other spheres at their meeting in Can Tho on September 5.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked ministries and localities to speed up the progress of national important transport projects.

A Vietnam - Republic of Korea (RoK) trade promotion week kicked off in the northern city of Hai Phong on September 1.

VOV.VN - As of the end of August, the northern port city of Hai Phong had attracted nearly 500 foreign investment projects totally capitalised at nearly US$25 billion.

VOV.VN - In order to continue increasing the value of coffee exports, the nation is aiming to create standard coffee growing areas amid coffee prices continuously increasing over recent times.