Private and foreign investors are currently not being considered for pilot projects due to unresolved legal and security issues.

Hanoi expects the AIIB to assist with planning, implementation methods, and financing strategies to rapidly deploy metro projects.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomed the proposals, which are consistent with Vietnam’s green growth strategy.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) by foreign companies is the fastest way to hold stakes in the Vietnamese electronic and electrical retail market.

A negotiation delegation from the European Union (EU) is on a working visit to Vietnam to raise public awareness of how to optimise the benefits and opportunities from the freshly-concluded free trade agreement between two sides (EVFTA), Chief negotiator Mauro Petriccione said in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam and Da Nang in particular could emerge as huge potential markets for Japanese businesses.

Japan’s ANA Holdings would officially become a strategic investor of Vietnam’s flagship carrier Vietnam Airlines under a deal expected to be signed during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s working visit to Japan this week.

Vietnam’s logistics industry is expected to be wholly controlled by foreign firms over the next few years. According to Japan’s investment firm Seiko Consult in Hanoi, Vietnam’s logistics industry might become completely dominated by foreign firms which are trying to purchase large stakes from local partners.

Despite the quantitative and qualitative growth of US investment into Vietnam, much remains to be done to make the best use of this capital source.

The foreign businesses are interested in local Nghi Son deep-water port, Prince Abdul Qawi of Brunei said at the meeting with authorities in the central province of Thanh Hoa on May 18 to seek investment opportunities.

A delegation of more than 70 German enterprises operating in the automobile industry, manufacturing technology, communications, finance and insurance visited Ho Chi Minh City to seek investment opportunities in the southern hub.

The Vietnamese Government and State will create the best conditions for foreign investors, including those from investors of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to do business in the country, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh said at the conference held in Hanoi on May 10.

The total spending on healthcare services by the Vietnamese people accounts for 5.8% of GDP, the highest level in ASEAN countries.

The applause of the business community repeatedly appeared during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc`s speech at the Vietnam Business Conference 2016.

According to assesments by Jones Lang LaSalle Vietnam (JLL Vietnam), one of the foreign real estate services firms in Vietnam, 2016 in particular will remain a year of promising prospects for the domestic property market despite global challenges.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will open up opportunities for foreign organisations to land their investment in the Vietnamese financial market in different kinds, as heard a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12.

A trade and investment promotion conference chaired by the Vietnamese Embassy and Trade Office in Egypt was organised in Egypt`s Aswan province on April 11 to draw local businesses’ attention to Vietnam.

Vietnamese textile companies are getting ready for the introduction of a wide array of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), hoping they will usher in an age of unparalleled growth and prosperity.

Nestor Scherbey, a senior advisor of the Vietnam Trade Facilitation Alliance (VTFA), has suggested Vietnamese cities and provinces establish an information database on foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses and domestic suppliers.

The Government should have clear policies in supporting Vietnamese enterprises for the industry to take advantage of opportunities from the new generation free trade agreements (FTAs) recently signed.

A conference to promote trade, investment, and tourism in Binh Dinh province will be organised in Quy Nhon city on April 3, according to the information heard at a press conference in Hanoi on March 30.

Vietnam’s retail sector offers great potential for investors in the context of various free trade agreements and the Trans-Pacific Partnership the country has signed, which are expected to boost investment flows, heard at a recent conference.

KTĐT - The Prime Minister has approved the investment of research and development (R&D) centre of Samsung Electronics in downtown Hanoi, the largest project of its kind that the compny has built in Southeast Asia.