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.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has affirmed the Vietnamese Government’s readiness to offer the best possible conditions for Swedish businesses to run long-term investment in the country.

Russia and Vietnam will jointly build an atomic energy research centre under a US$500 million project funded by the Russian government.

The Norway business community is keen on bolstering economic trade and cooperation with Vietnam, said Finn Kristian Aamodt, acting President and CEO of Innovation Norway.

Representatives from French businesses are due to visit Hanoi and HCM City from March 24-27 to meet and liaise with potential customers, according to the French Trade Promotion Agency (UBIFRANCE Vietnam).

The southern province of Dong Nai is implementing a variety of measures to support productivity and market expansion into the US, aiming to raise overall export growth by 10-11% in 2014.

Seventy-eight foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses have been presented with Gold Dragon Awards and a hundred domestic enterprises have won the title of strong trademarks.

Mercedes –Benz, currently in its second year of operations in Vietnam, has announced it has increased its investment capital to US$30 million.

The State Bank of Viet Nam has issued Circular No.05/2014/TT directing the opening and use of accounts for foreign indirect investment capital.

HCM City has experienced a spike of 226.1% in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first two months of the year, primarily attributable to a high influx of Japanese businesses swarming into the city.

The Republic of Korea’s Daehan Group wants to build an inland container depot (ICD) on 100ha in Vinh Phuc province’s Vinh Xuyen district, at a total cost of US$1 billion.

Dozens of representatives from the Israeli business community thronged a seminar in Tel Aviv on March 12 to learn more about investment opportunities in Vietnam.

Dr Admad Md Magrad, Vice President of the ASEAN Business Group under the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) has said that companies in Singapore find Vietnam a highly lucrative location to expand production activities.

At least 300 Japanese enterprises have enthusiastically expressed interest in investing in Vietnam, said Sato Motonobu, Chairman of the Japan Business Association in Vietnam (JBAV).

Another foreign investment wave has been forecast to come to Vietnam from multi-national companies during the 2015-2020 period.

Japan will source at least 200 billion Yen in official development assistance (ODA) for Vietnam in 2014 – equivalent to the previous year’s figure.

The strong flow of foreign direct Investment (FDI) into Vietnam will continue in the 2015-2020 period as multinational groups lineup to partner with the nation on a host of projects.

Construction will begin on March 9th on the Vinh Tan 4 thermal power plant, in the central province of Binh Thuan, at an estimated cost of VND36,000 billion (approximately US$1.3 billion), reported the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN).

The Vietnam Business Association in Laos should promote exchange, support domestic businesses to approach the Lao market towards two-way trade of US$2 billion by 2015.

The plaintiff, US investor Michael McKenzie, sued the Vietnamese Government for violating the Viet Nam – US bilateral trade agreement signed in 2000. He alleged that authorities of south central Binh Thuan Province caused him damages by revoking the investment licence for his resort project.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into HCM City has risen sharply - in terms of registered capital and the number of investment licences – over the first two months of 2014, according to the HCM City Department of Planning and Investment.