Vietnam and Japan have signed a memorandum of understanding on human resources training to beef up Japanese investment in Vietnam.

The agency that verified a draft decree on casinos has proposed that Vietnamese be allowed to gamble at casinos on a pilot basis, said the chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Finance and Budget.

HCMC – The market for goods as well as education and entertainment services for children in Vietnam is estimated to reach around US$5.2 billion a year, according to research findings by Nkind Trading Service Co.

Indonesian and Vietnamese businesses in a wide range of areas are gathering at a forum in Ho Chi Minh City on June 13 to update information on market and investment environment of each other side in a bid to boost bilateral trade ties.

The fourth round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was held in Oslo, Norway, from June 3-7.  

UK businesses are seeking opportunities to invest in the Vietnamese market, according to UK Minister of Trade and Investment Lord Freen in a meeting with Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan on June 11th.

How to accelerate economic reforms to facilitate business operations was a major theme of the Vietnam Business Forum that opened in Hanoi on June 3. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh attended the event.

Not only Japanese firms operating in China but those in Thailand are also eyeing Vietnam as a favorite destination for business, said Hirotaka Yasuzumi, managing director of  the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in HCMC.

Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) is expected to solve between VND40,000 (USD1.9 billion) and VND70,000 trillion (USD3.33 billion) in bad debts this year, said the State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Binh.  

The Bank of Tokyo’s investment in Vietinbank was the biggest merger and acquisition (M&A) deal in 2012. Foreign groups now keep pouring money into the insurance and building material enterprises.

South Koreans have been flocking to Vietnam to invest in the real estate, retail, logistics, consumer goods and electronics projects, the business fields that they have great advantages

The nation's gross domestic product (GDP) is forecast to grow by 4.8 per cent during the second quarter of the year, lower than the previous quarter.

Viet Nam ranked ninth on the World Bank's list of the 10 countries that attracted the most overseas remittances, with US$10 billion in 2012.

Vietnam’s total economic output increased 4.89% in the first three months of 2013, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Vietnam has over the past 25 years attracted nearly $211 billion from foreign investors for 14,500 projects, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) reported at a conference reviewing 25 years of FDI attraction in Hanoi on March 27.