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Investments by overseas companies registered under the Foreign Business Act (FBA) of Thailand rose by 73.5% year-on-year in the first six months of 2022.

The Vietnam Railway Authority has just submitted to the Ministry of Transport a proposal on the list of 6 new projects that need foreign investment.

The Vietnam Railway Authority has proposed the Ministry of Transport call for foreign investments in six projects.

Vietnam is calling for foreign investments in 157 projects in the 2021-2025 period, according to a decision recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh.

Despite serious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign investments in Vietnam in the first nine months of 2021 rose, showing investors' trust and optimism about the country’s socio-economic recovery and development in the coming time, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc has said.

The vietnam-briefing.com published by Dezan Shira & Associates - a consultancy firm on foreign investment in Asia - on May 6 run an article, emphasising that since the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect in August 2020, Belgium has played a significant role in promoting trade and foreign investments into Vietnam.

Industrial parks in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau are making preparations to attract foreign investments that are expected to surge after the COVID-19 pandemic passes.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Myanmar on December 17 hosted a webinar on “Foreign Investments in Myanmar in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic”, bringing together officials from both countries.

Vietnamese investors poured a total of 490.4 million USD in projects abroad in the first 11 months of 2020, up 6.9 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

Free trade agreements (FTAs) that Vietnam has signed with its partners have been an important factor attracting foreign investments to the country.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is expected to boost Vietnam's GDP by 2.01 percent by 2035.

Vietnamese commercial banks are racing to develop their networks by opening representative offices and subsidiaries in foreign nations, paving the way for them to expand their overseas operations, according to market watchers.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into the Philippines in the first quarter of this year rose to 2.2 billion USD, an increase of 43.5 percent from the same period last year.

Thailand stands ready to welcome foreign investments in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), Industry Minister Uttama Savanyana told foreign diplomats.

Ho Chi Minh City will work closely with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in translating the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the two sides into projects, said a municipal official.

The Ministry of Finance will streamline regulations on Government bonds (G-bonds) issuance and simplify procedures for granting transaction codes to attract foreign investments in the country’s G-bond market, officials said.

Chinese investors have shown interest in investing in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) during a recent meeting with Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha at Government House.

Foreign investments, including those made by Japanese firms, are an important driving force for Vietnam’s socio-economic development and improvement of the national competitive capacity, said President Tran Dai Quang.

Ho Chi Minh City always welcomes foreign investments, including those from Indonesian businesses, in transport infrastructure, environment and tourism, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong.

The capital city of Hanoi is willing to host networking events as well as investment and technology transfer promotion activities for Vietnamese and Finnish businesses.