The People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province lured 1.344 billion USD in foreign-invested projects in the period from the beginning of this year to March 15, leading the country in foreign investment attraction.
The southern province of Binh Phuoc is working to strongly improve the local investment climate, by dealing with problems facing enterprises in a swift and effective manner.
The southeastern province of Binh Phuoc is calling for investment in 13 industrial parks (IPs) with a total area of 4,500 hectares to boost its industrialisation.
Bac Giang province has so far attracted 1,113 investment projects with a total registered capital of nearly 5.9 billion USD, including 259 foreign-invested projects with over 3.5 billion USD.
The Vice Mayor of Laos's Vientiane city, Keophilavanh Aphaylath, visited Binh Duong province on Sept 16 to learn from its experience in developing infrastructure and investment development policies.
An international conference on investment promotion in the south central coast province of Ninh Thuan will be opened in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city on August 27.
A delegation from Myanmar led by Aung Naing Oo, Director General of the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) made a working visit to the northern province of Ha Nam on August 9.
The central coastal province of Binh Dinh has decided to end investment attraction for the petrochemical oil refinery project in Nhon Hoi Economic Zone due to its unfeasibility.
The southwestern region grew 6.5 percent in the first half of 2016, with Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) estimated at 250 trillion VND (11.25 billion USD).
The Department for Economic Zones Management reported that during Q1, the country opened 305 industrial parks covering over 84,000 hectares and 16 economic zones covering 814,792 hectares of water and
Japan’s Tokyo Gas Chemicals Co., Ltd is considering the building of an industrial gas storage facility at Dong Van 3 Industrial Park in Duy Tien district of northern Ha Nam province.
The northern midland province of Phu Tho reeled in 17.2 trillion VND (781 million USD) of investment this year, becoming one of the top five localities in terms of development investment attraction.
Authority from central Da Nang city coordinated with the Vietnamese Business Association in Germany to organise a workshop in Berlin on August 8 in the hope of attracting more investment to the city.
Transport ministers from ASEAN, China and Japan pledged to further cooperation in enhancing transport links in the region, as heard conferences held in Malaysia on November 5.
The impacts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on investment attraction and trade in Vietnamese localities was a major focus of a seminar held in the central city of Da Nang on October 30.
Thai ministers will make overseas visits to boost investment in the country as well as reinforce foreign investor confidence, Thai Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on October 7.
As many as 17.15 billion USD in direct foreign investment (FDI) was poured into Vietnam in the first nine months of 2015, a year-on-year surge of 53.4 percent.
Singapore continues to top ASEAN in terms of attracting investments from the world’s biggest economies of China, India, the US and Japan, the country’s Straits Times reported.
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