FDI approvals up 170 percent in HCM City

Date: 09/03/2015

While Vietnam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals dropped by 22.5 percent in the first two months of this year, new FDI pledges in Ho Chi Minh surged 170.5 percent year-on-year, The Saigon Times reported.

Former UK PM vows assistance to Vietnam

Date: 05/03/2015

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised all possible help to Vietnam including introducing high-profile investors as strategic partners in the equitisation of Vietnamese State-owned enterprises (SOEs).

Two Vietnamese entrepreneurs on Forbes’ list of 50 most powerful Asian businesswomen

Date: 05/03/2015

Forbes Magazine has named two Vietnamese female business leaders among the 50 most powerful businesswomen in Asia.

New free trade deal to heighten economic ties with RoK

Date: 05/03/2015

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will serve as a milestone to strengthen the two countries’ economic relations, expected to reach 70 billion USD in trade by 2020.

FDI inflow declines but disbursement increases

Date: 03/03/2015

Total foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam reached nearly 1.2 billion USD in the first two months of this year, equivalent to just 77.5 percent of that in the same period last year.

President: VN seeks Japans help for support industries

Date: 03/03/2015

Viet Nam is keen on attracting more investment from Japanese small- and medium-sized enterprises to help develop the nation’s support industries, President Truong Tan Sang said

Minister says more efforts needed to enhance business environment

Date: 26/02/2015

Authorities must make bigger strides this year in improving the country’s business environment, said Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh.

Highway construction to delta region restarted

Date: 12/02/2015

The building, operation and transfer project of a 51 kilometre modern highway in the Mekong Delta, the first of its kind in the region, was re-started last week after more than five years facing an impasse.

SHTP welcomes new investors

Date: 12/02/2015

Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) granted investment certificates to two investors last week with the combined investment capital of nearly $26 million.

Investment promotion zeros in on specific targets

Date: 12/02/2015

Do Nhat Hoang, director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency spoke to VIR about new points in the investment promotion strategy this year to improve the country’s foreign direct investment attraction.

HCM City commits to facilitating foreign investors

Date: 12/02/2015

Ho Chi Minh City commits to guaranteeing socio-political stability, strengthening the realization of signed Free Trade Agreements, hastening administrative reform, and creating an open investment environment to attract more foreign investment.

FDI expected to surge in 2015

Date: 10/02/2015

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam is forecast to increase significantly this year, as many large FDI projects are expected to be issued licences in the next few months.

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