Neighbouring nations take lead in direct investment projects

Neighbouring nations take lead in direct investment projects

Foreign direct investment inflows have risen sharply in recent months, with most of the action coming from traditional partners, without a breakthrough from Europe and US investors.
VinaCapital injects $45 million into oil and power stocks

VinaCapital injects $45 million into oil and power stocks

VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund invested nearly $45 million in Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company and PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power).
Boosting the development triangle

Boosting the development triangle

Greater capital investments and international cooperation are being promoted for developing the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area in a bid to leverage the region’s socio-economic growth.
Back to school for education regulations

Back to school for education regulations

Vietnam has just chalked up a broad suite of guidelines for foreign investors to jump into the country’s education and training sector.
True being of FIEs blocking investment

True being of FIEs blocking investment

Opaque definitions of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) have entailed numerous repercussions for Vietnam’s current investment landscape, with pharmaceuticals maker Mekophar’s delisting being one recent case. In this context, industry managers and senior experts sat together in a recent VIR-hosted meeting to discuss the issue. Phan Vu Hoang, Tax Director, Deloitte Vietnam Tax Company Ltd. expands on the issues at hand.
Vietnam-Germany partnership given a facelift

Vietnam-Germany partnership given a facelift

This year remarks the 35th anniversary of the relationship between Vietnam and Germany with bilateral cooperation in all fields of diplomacy, economics and social development having made impressive growths.

FDI projects to bring dramatic investment increase

A series of large projects are likely to give a big boost to the flow of foreign direct investment into Vietnam in 2003.The projects, if given the green light, should add more than $300 million to the sum of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital committed by foreign investors this year, according to the submitted blueprints.