The event provided a platform for Vietnam to showcase its semiconductor potential and reaffirm its commitment to developing high-tech industries and strengthening international cooperation.

By creating a large number of jobs and promoting a green economy, the initiative is important in establishing Vietnam as a global hub for the circular textile sector.

Market size, growth potential, low labor costs, and stable political and social conditions continue to be Vietnam’s selling points in attracting foreign investors.

The Prime Minister has agreed to spend development investments sourced from the State budget for nine border gate economic zones in the 2016-2020 period.

With 22 newly-licensed projects and the total registered capital worth 2.44 billion USD, Malaysia topped the ASEAN countries has the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam in the 11 months of this year.

On behalf of the Party and State, Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan presented the Ho Chi Minh Order, the second, to the Ministry of Planning and Investment at a ceremony to mark the sector’s 70th founding anniversary in Hanoi on December 9.

The ninth conference on trade, investment and tourism promotion in the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Area was held in Laos’s Champasak province on December 9.

The northern province of Ha Nam plans to attract 180 trillion VND (8 billion USD) in investments between 2016 and 2020, said an official of the province`s Department of Planning and Investment.

France will keep joining hands with Vietnam in responding to climate change, which is expected to heavily impact the Southeast Asian country in the future, said the chief of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Vietnam this week.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ​is drafting policies to promote the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the agricultural sector.

The People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province granted an investment license to Taiwan-based Cheng Loong Binh Duong Paper Ltd, Co. on December 4 for the construction of a 1-billion-USD paper plant.

Vietnam has a competitive edge in developing mechanical engineering, said Atsusuke Kawada, Chief Representative of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO).

Catering is currently the most franchised business in Vietnam, accounting for 43.7 percent of the recorded franchise deals, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Domestic Market Department.

Vietnamese and Indian businesses gathered in Hanoi on December 2 to exchange information and seek partnerships.

The southern province of Dong Nai attracted nearly 2.4 billion USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) as of November 20, exceeding the yearly target by 1.5 billion USD, according to the province’s Department of Planning and Investment.

Hanoi`s programme on development of information technology in the 2016-2020 period will be divided into two stages from 2016-2018 and 2019-2020.

Airbus Group has written to the Vietnamese Government expressing its interest in establishing a new aircraft components factory in Vietnam.

According to the statistics from the General Statistics Office, as of November 20, Vietnam attracted the total capital of 20.22 billion USD from foreign direct investment (FDI), increasing by 16.7% against the same period last year.

The Euro Presse Image (EPi) on November 27 ran a story saying the European Union (EU) and Vietnam are moving towards a free trade agreement after more than two years of negotiations.

Vietjet and Lufthansa Technik AG, a member of Lufthansa AG, have signed a technical service agreement for Vietjet`s current A320-family aircraft engines.

Vietnam and Germany hold enormous potential and opportunities to embrace bilateral economic cooperation, particularly in the fields of infrastructure, high technology, processing, energy and environment.

Japanese enterprises to Ha Nam province will enjoy investment incentives and receive the best assistance in infrastructure, security order, and labour recruitment, affirmed Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Mai Tien Dung.

Hanoi Centre for Investment, Trade and Tourism Promotion in collaboration with the Chinese Association of Food and Farm Produce co-chaired a conference in Hanoi on November 24 to discuss measures on promoting investment and trade in agricultural products.