Capital attraction

The investors also expect the new IT platform for the Vietnamese stock market to come online soon, helping to boost trading as the Ministry of Finance is gathering comments for a new draft circular guiding transactions in the Vietnamese stock market that will supersede Circular No.203/2015/TT-BTC. … [Read more...] about Foreign capital in wait for fresh policy move

On September 9, the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan, and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) held an online trade conference to connect investment between Vietnam and Japan with the participation of hundreds of enterprises from the two countries. At this event, Director General of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency Vu Ba Phu affirmed that Japan is always one of the major investors in Vietnam in both terms of the number of projects and the total investment capital. According to Mr. Vu Ba Phu, the wave of Japanese investment in Vietnam has constantly increased in both the number of enterprises and investment capital. Specifically, in 2018, Japan led the list of countries investing in Vietnam with US$8.59 billion, accounting for 24.2 percent of the total investment capital among 112 countries and territories with investment projects in Vietnam.  By the end of 2019, more than 2,000 Japanese … [Read more...] about Japanese investors expand investment in Vietnam

What Vietnam needs to do to attract quality FDI after Covid-19 Speeding up infrastructure development and improving ease of doing business and vocational training are among things Vietnam can do to make itself more attractive to foreign investors post-Covid-19, according to VinaCapital.   … [Read more...] about Vietnam urged to improve infrastructure to attract more FDI

Last year, the provincial Department of Tourism signed a cooperation memorandum with Dai Nam – Thai Y Vien, a local company focusing on areas like food and tourism. The provincial People’s Committee, which authorised the department to sign the memorandum, said the signing was the first move towards implementing the plan; however, it did not reveal the actual works of the document. … [Read more...] about Hue cuisine – Typical culture of former imperial capital

In the context that global FDI is likely to decline by 40 per cent in 2020, Việt Nam is looking relatively positive having attracted total registered capital of nearly US$20 billion in the first eight months of the year, with new capital increasing by 6.6 per cent and additional capital by 22.2 per cent. … [Read more...] about Việt Nam urged to improve infrastructure to attract more FDI