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.

Around 50 leading economic groups of Azerbaijan are due to make a fact-finding tour of Vietnam from May 18-20 to sound out business opportunities.

American corporation Cargill has increased investment in its Vietnam cocoa and animal feed business, with newly-launched facilities in Binh Dinh and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces.

Damco and Vietnamese warehouse owner Construction and Mechanic JSC (HTM) have opened a new warehouse in northern Vietnam to support key fashion and retail customers.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a list of 127 projects that will await foreign investment until 2020.

Ho Chi Minh City will host a conference on May 22 to introducing the investment environment in the Mekong Delta.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a list of 127 national projects which call for foreign investment from now to 2020.

The authorities of Nha Trang City in Khanh Hoa Province have announced a detailed zoning plan for a major trading, finance and township complex on part of the area of old Nha Trang Airport.

Thien Minh Group, a Vietnamese leading private tour operator and hotelier, has just receive a financial investment from International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, for expanding its tour business and developing hotel chain across Vietnam.

Tai Yuen Co., Ltd, a subsidiary company of the Taiwan-based Yunlon Group, will carry out a project on high tech textile mill worth 150 million USD in Ha Nam.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) have delivered an impressive performance in the past four months, helping Vietnam enjoy a trade surplus of US$683 million, equal to 1.5% of the country’s total export value.

For Japanese companies, Vietnam is an attractive market for foreign investment, although the vagaries in the marketplace, along with its differing labour and business laws don’t necessarily invite smooth entry.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses remain the main contributor to the country’s trade balance, obtaining a record high of nearly US$4.1 billion in export surplus in the first four months of the year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked ministries and sectors to intensify the disbursement of public investment, FDI and ODA sources and ensure the efficient use of the capital in order to boost national development.

Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kotaro Nogami, and other Japanese officials worked with leaders of southern Binh Duong province on April 26, focusing on urban development projects.

A Japanese business delegation on April 22 toured the southern province of Hau Giang with the intention of exploiting the investment market.

Vietnam has attracted large amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI) for more than 20 years, but it has yet to master managerial skills and optimally absorb technology transfer from FDI projects.

Japan’s Kawada Group will invest in Vietnam’s Thanh Long Steel Company based in Hung Yen province to produce high-tech steel in Vietnam.

Chinese investment in Vietnam rose to US$2.3 billion in 2013, up sharply from the US$345 million in 2012, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

General Director of Suido Kiko Kaisha Co, Ltd under Toray Group, Shinri Sato, held a working session with the northern Ha Nam province’s People’s Committee on April 16 to seek investment opportunities.

Japan has surpassed all other nations to become the largest source of foreign direct investment in Vietnam, with 2,237 projects and registered capital of US$35.38 billion.