Economy and commerce
Investment
Better links with FDI firms can aid local businesses
Over the past 20 years Việt Nam has embraced trade and successfully integrated into key global value chains. Việt Nam’s gross exports have expanded at an average rate of 18 per cent over the past decade, when overall global trade expanded at just 3.5 per ...
VNS Reporter
Foreign firms in Vietnam face skilled workforce shortage amid FDI wave
Vietnam’s demand for highly-skilled workers will continue growing steadily in the wake of increasing foreign investment inflow, causing a severe shortage of highly-qualified human resources in the time to come, expert have warned.Keep reading ...
Minh Tam
Vietnam opens up pharma import market for foreign businesses
It is now easier for foreign companies to join the Vietnamese pharmaceutical market, buoyed by recently-loosened business conditions regarding drug registration and imports.Keep reading ...
Minh Tam
Assigned nearly VND 9,000 billion of medium-term investment plans for important railway and road projects
The Prime Minister has just signed Decision 135 / QD-TTg on the allocation of medium-term investment plans for the period 2016-2020 and 2019 central budget capital (Government bonds) for railway and road projects that are important and urgent. Keep reading ...
Foreign and private investors invest more than $ 11.5 billion in electricity
As of 2017, about 9.8 GW of foreign invested thermal power plants and 3.4 GW of small hydro and other renewable energy (wind, solar power) are privately owned. domestic investment, corresponding to about 8.5 billion dollars from international investment in thermal power and about 3 ...
Vietnam attracts US$8.3 billion FDI to industrial, economic zones
The total foreign direct investment (FDI) poured into Vietnam’s industrial parks and economic zones in 2018 reached more than US$8.3 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Of the figure, US$5.3 billion was invested in 560 new projects, while additional capital in nearly ...
Nhan Dan News Reporter
Attracting FDI: New regulations, new face
The strategy to attract FDI from now to 2030 with new points is attracting special attention of investors.Keep reading ...
The government improves institutions, people's incomes will increase
For the first time, a scientific study showed a close relationship between the provincial competitiveness index (PCI) and the income of workers in Vietnam.Continue reading ...
Southeast Asian IPO proceeds fall by a third in 2018 amid trade war
Proceeds from Southeast Asia’s initial public offerings plunged 34% on the year in 2018, the first decline in two years, as Sino-American trade tensions depressed investor sentiment. But even as Southeast Asian listings lost steam, the region’s fastest-growing economy of Vietnam increased its IPO market presence ...
Vietnam is Asia’s hottest investment destination—Forbes
An article published by US magazine Forbes named Vietnam the hottest investment destination in Asia. According to the article, Vietnam attracted US$17 billion in FDI commitments last year, arguably the largest for an emerging market relative to its $250 billion GDP. In the first quarter of 2018, ...
