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Shares rose on both local exchanges on May 19, boosted by big gains for brokerage and energy companies.

Vietnam should have savvy FDI policies that direct capital to modern and environmentally friendly technologies and promote technology transfer to make local firms more competitive, experts say.

Shares tumbled again on the two local exchanges on November 29 as foreign investors continued offloading local assets.

Japanese small- and medium-sized enterprises are set to invest in Vietnam in addition to capital expansion by many those already operating in the country.

The Government of Malaysia’s bonds owned by foreign investors, which shrank last September, may have another drop when withdrawals continue, Malaysia’s The Star newspaper reported on October 14.

Singapore has more than 1,600 valid investment projects with a total registered capital of over 37.9 billion USD in Vietnam at present,making Singapore the third largest investor in the country.

Singapore invested in 50 new projects and increased investment capital to 23 existing projects with a total registered capital of over 730 million USD in the first four months of this year.

Hanoi is the leading locality nationwide in FDI attraction, drawing over 810 million USD from 110 newly-licensed and capital-added FDI projects in the first quarter of this year.

The People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province on March 4 granted the first investment licenses of 2016 to 32 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects and one domestic investment project, wort

Republic of Korea (RoK) businesses have poured additional 6.72 billion USD into Vietnam, making the RoK the largest among 62 foreign investors in the Southeast Asian nation.

The northern province of Bac Ninh has become a magnet for foreign investors thanks to its attractive investment environment and synchronous infrastructure system with a series of modern IZs.

A hundred new foreign investors have been issued stock transaction codes (tcodes) in Vietnam, the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) said.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) was the top foreign investor in Vietnam with total new and expanded investments of 6.2 billion USD through October 2015, according to a report released on November 9.

The Vietnam – Japan cultural and trade exchange in 2015 will be held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on November 19-21 with the aim of promoting ties between the Mekong Delta and Japan.

The Vietnamese economy will likely expand more than 6 percent annually over the next few years thanks to continued export resilience and ongoing reform measures by the government.