Investment

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged ministries and provinces to speed up the process of going public for SOEs post-equitization.

The government’s policies to promote the local automobile manufacturing and related supporting industries have attracted a huge foreign investment wave in the country in the first half of this year.

High economic growth and improved business environment has helped Vietnam become the most attractive destination of Japanese investors in ASEAN.

Foreign investors have been accelerating the share acquisition or capital contribution in Vietnamese firms, helping the country’s M&A heat up and improve the firms’ transparency significantly.

For a population of over 100 million, of which the majority is at young age, Vietnam Entertainment Fund (VEF) reckons Vietnam has huge potential for the entertainment sector.

The Mekong Delta region holds huge potential for the likes of liquefied natural gas (LNG)-fueled power projects, stated Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

The relocation of manufacturing facilities from China to Vietnam can be a move aimed to avoid higher US import taxes.

Total proceeds from divestment and equitization process from 2016 until now are 2.5 times the figure recorded in the 2011 - 2015 period, stated the Steering Committee for Business Renovation and Development.

Vietnam`s capital city of Hanoi has undergone remarkable changes over the past ten years since the expansion of its administrative boundaries.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs)` equitization and divestment processes underwent substantial changes last year, according to a report at the press meeting on the Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Forum 2018.

Vietnamese companies have remained in the taste of foreign investment funds despite a rising trend of capital withdrawal from emerging and frontier markets.

Vietnam can be a new industrial powerhouse in Southeast Asia and this will open up huge opportunities for industrial property developers, according to JLL Vietnam.

The foreign direct investment (FDI) capital inflow to Vietnam can reduce significantly if the Vietnamese dong (VND) - the local currency - devalues sharply against the US dollar.

The lack of efforts from ministries and provinces is to blame for the delay, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

Manila Water Company will launch new projects in Vietnam, said its leader.

Mass immigration has caused Hanoi to face a number of environmental problems, including air pollution and traffic jam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on July 19 received Chairman and CEO of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Hiroyuki Ishige.

Hong Kong-based Platinum Victory and F&N Dairy Investment - a group backed by Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi - are in a race to increase their respective holdings at Vietnam Diary Products Company, known as Vinamilk.

Inefficient monitoring and supervising of state representative are some of the key reasons behind violations in managing and utilizing state capital and assets in SOEs, stated a recent conclusion of the National Assembly Supervisory Delegation.

If all agreements are materialized, VietJet will have a fleet of more than 300 airplanes by 2025, the largest among Vietnamese carriers.