Foreign investors pour $8.55b into VN in Q1

Foreign investors poured a total of US$8.55 billion into Việt Nam from January 1 to March 30, equivalent to 79.1 per cent of the same period last year, according to the latest report by the Foreign Investment Agency.

Đà Nẵng seeks approval for four property projects

The People’s Committee in the central coastal city of Đà Nẵng has asked the city's People's Council to grant in-principle approval for four property projects expected to cost more than VNĐ3.67 trillion (US$158 million).

Huế IZs, EZs target 10 projects in 2020 The province also targets VNĐ6 trillion ($258million) of the registered investment to be disbursed by the end of this year, online newspaper baodautu.vn cited head of the provincial IZs and EZs Management Board Lê Văn Tuệ as saying.

Socio-economic situation remains stable despite COVID-19 outbreak: PM Despite difficulties resulting from the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Việt Nam’s socio-economic situation in February basically remained stable, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Drunk man could open a giant company A company with a charter capital of VNĐ 144 trillion (US$6.3 billion) can be called a giant one in Việt Nam as now, the country has only five companies which have charter capital of over VNĐ 100 trillion.

Newly-established firms up but capital down in two months

The number of newly-established firms rose 9.1 per cent to 17,400 in the first two months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

HCM City, a fertile land for start-ups

HCM City is implementing programmes meant to create a launch pad for start-ups and offer favourable conditions for new companies to develop.

Gia Lai seeks investment into 166 projects

Of the total, 91 projects are in industrial and energy sector; 28 projects in infrastructure development; 16 in sports, culture and tourism; 15 in agro-forestry-fisheries; nine in seafood and agricultural processing and seven in the production of construction materials and consumer goods. 

Bình Định green lights two wind power plants The investor would have its approval revoked if it failed to implement the projects within a year, according to the province.

HCM City draws up specific policies for large firms

HCM City plans to draw up specific policies for firms having capital of more than VNĐ100 billion (US$4.3 million) in the first quarter of this year, and has committed to create more favourable conditions for enterprises.