The Ministry of Transport is calling on investors to raise capital for 18 expressway projects with the total value of VND205.56 trillion ($10 billion).

The surge of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in both the number of projects and capital in the first two months of the year suits the advancing impetus of attracting FDI to Vietnam.

The Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank) has signed a syndicated loan worth 200 million USD with 18 international banks in Chinese Taipei.

Viet Nam and the the World Bank on July 9 signed four cooperation agreements under which the international institution pledged to provide US$507 million to assist Viet Nam in agricultural development, green transport and poverty reduction. 

Garena, a Singaporean consumer internet platform provider, poured capital into Foody.vn, a website that helps customers find and rate entertainment venues and restaurants in Viet Nam.

The Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has got a licence to invest an additional nearly US$3.5 million in Miraka Limited Company of New Zealand.

US energy giant GE just announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Vietnamese state owned company, Vietnam Electricity (EVN).

Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) will set up a branch in Viet Nam by acquiring the joint venture Vinasiam Bank.

The Prime Minister last Friday issued Decree 42/2015/ND-CP on derivatives and the derivative trading market in Viet Nam, which will become valid next month.

The planning and investment ministry is finalising a draft decree for building an adequate, transparent and consistent legal framework for the implementation of the 2014 Investment Law.