Investment policy and regulation

Vietnamese conglomerates have been expanding business by stepping up investments in neighboring markets. However, the path has not been a bed of roses. Among 70 countries and territories in which Vietnamese have investments, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar are the three biggest target markets. Laos is the ...

Vietnam’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is expected to continue to increase rapidly in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. Vietnam’s OFDI has been increasing in recent years with 930 projects licensed, mostly in the fields of industry, agriculture, telecommunication and finance & banking. Forty percent are developed ...

Cambodia attracted the fixed asset investment of 333.4 million U.S. dollars from its ASEAN member states in 2017, according to a government’s report on Friday. ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Keep reading ...

Vietnamese businesses still think Laos is an attractive destination and will continue to invest in the country despite a slowdown in out-bound investment, Vietnamese Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung told Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith in Vientiane on December 16.Keep reading   ...

The Mekong Delta region needs public investment of VNĐ120 trillion for the green growth from 2016 to 2025, Vietnam’s the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said.Keep reading  ...

Amata plans Vietnam, Myanmar sites; eyes Laos.Amata Corp. of Thailand plans to develop industrial estates in cheaper neighboring countries along the Mekong River where it is betting manufacturing will pick up.Amata will begin development of two sites in Vietnam and one in Myanmar next year. ...

A number of strategic documents that orient long-term co-operation within the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) region over the coming decades will be presented to the bloc’s ministers and leaders this week, according to Chair of 2017 APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) Bùi Thanh Sơn.Keep reading ...

Vietnam President Trần Đại Quang wrote an article entitled “APEC Vietnam 2017 – Fostering a shared future in a changing world” just ahead of the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Week, which is taking place in the central city of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, from November 6-11  Keep ...

Mega First Corporation Bhd has secured  loan facilities totalling US$150mil or RM634.87mil to part finance the building of its Don Sahong hydropower project in Laos.It said on Tuesday its unit Mega First Investments (L) Ltd had entered into facility agreements with various financial institutions for club ...

[] The event drew 60 local government officials and representatives of more than 80 firms from 13 Mekong Delta localities and eight Japanese firms specialized in waste and wastewater treatment, irrigation, aquatic farming, agriculture, husbandry and chemicals. Keep reading ...