Stringent regulations threaten to quell investment appeal

Stringent regulations threaten to quell investment appeal

With increasing debate over the quality of foreign investment, a new regulation requiring overseas investors to ensure pre-approved projects and have an investment certificate before a business is established is being seen as a major hindrance to investment flows.
Two megaprojects in Danang threatened by revocation

Two megaprojects in Danang threatened by revocation

Vien Dong Meridian and Danang Centre might see their investment certificates revoked, and authorities are already hard at work thinking of uses for the plots.
Long-delayed Tan Mai pulp and paper mill officially revoked

Long-delayed Tan Mai pulp and paper mill officially revoked

The Tan Mai pulp and paper mill complex had its investment certificate officially revoked after long delays in construction.
Laguna Lang Co receives investment certificate for expansion and casino

Laguna Lang Co receives investment certificate for expansion and casino

Banyan Tree Holdings has been granted the license to increase its total investment capital at Laguna Lang Co integrated resort to $2 billion.
Hyundai Tan Phu plant under inspection

Hyundai Tan Phu plant under inspection

The Ba Ria-Vung Tau Inspectorate will inspect the licensing and revocation of the investment certificate of Hyundai Tan Phu plant in Phu My 1 Industrial Park.
Danang Hi-Tech Park receives $62 million investment

Danang Hi-Tech Park receives $62 million investment

Danang Hi-Tech Park (DHTP) has granted the investment registration certificates to two projects, welcoming a total $62 million FDI capital.
Las Vegas-style strip encountered hiccups

Las Vegas-style strip encountered hiccups

The $4.2 billion Ho Tram Strip integrated resort is facing a delay in its opening due to the pull-out of its first resort’s operator and financing problem.
M&A landscape needs greater clarity

M&A landscape needs greater clarity

At the moment, however, potential foreign investors can only wait in anticipation that the government opts to takes one step forward in the right direction without the two steps back.
Guang Lian’s dream closer

Guang Lian’s dream closer

Guang Lian Steel Company is optimistic as local authorities are close to handing over a new investment certificate for its steel project in Dung Quat Economic Zone.
Power outlook set to brighten up

Power outlook set to brighten up

‘The movements on the Hai Duong and Mong Duong 2 projects are really positive at this time’
Firms afraid of red tape handicaps

Firms afraid of red tape handicaps

The latest draft decree compiled by the Ministry of Planning and Investment to amend Decree 108, which guides the 2005 Law on Investment, has proposed more weighty procedural requirements for large projects.
Steel projects bent out of shape by land woes

Steel projects bent out of shape by land woes

Site clearance woes are proving thorns in the side of billion-dollar foreign-invested steel projects.
Now or never for Tata

Now or never for Tata

“Unless both sides can reach an agreement on the issues, an investment certificate will be impossible”
Ca Na debacle a tough lesson

Ca Na debacle a tough lesson

The government last week officially put the nail in the coffin of Vietnam’s largest registered foreign direct investment project.