VOV.VN - Foreign businesses continue to place their trust in Vietnam by injecting more than US$13 billion into registered projects throughout the country during the first six months of the year, despite a general downward trend occurring globally.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Samsung Vietnam on July 3 officially kicked off the smart factory development project aiming to support Vietnamese firms to participate in global supply chains.

Investment from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam is expected to accelerate in the near future, including many large-scale projects worth up to billions of US dollars as a series of memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on cooperation between the two countries' ministries, sectors, and businesses were signed at the Vietnam - RoK Business Forum recently.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Samsung Vietnam kicked off the sixth batch of the training programme for molding technicians of Vietnam on June 26.

VOV.VN - President Yoon Suk-yeol of the Repiblic of Korea called at Samsung Electronics’ Research and Development Centre in Hanoi on June 24 before concluding his official visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - With 9,666 projects capitalised at over US$81.5 billion, the Republic of Korea (RoK) has retained its position as the leading foreign investor in Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

The International Contractors Association of the Republic of Korea (RoK) (ICAK) and the Vietnam Association of Construction Contractors (VACC) signed a memorandum of understanding on June 22, during an ongoing State visit by President of the RoK Yoon Suk Yeol.

A recent article posted on portfolio-adviser.com, a news website based in the UK, has pointed out the frequent hope that Vietnam will be upgraded from its frontier-market status to the emerging market status.

VOV.VN - President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee touched down in Hanoi on the morning of June 22 to begin their three-day State visit to the nation at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong.

Samsung Vina Electronics signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Shinhan Bank Vietnam to establish a strategic relationship between Samsung Wallet and financial products from Shinhan Bank on June 14.