According to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Vietnam is likely to attract USD 36-38 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2023. The figure was nearly USD 22.4 billion in 2022.

The European Union (EU) has always been the most important partner of Vietnam as the latter has always been an attractive investment destination for European firms, according to Pham Tan Cong, Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, at the Vietnam-EU Agribusiness Forum on July 11.

The reopening of international flights to Vietnam after more than one year of closure, coupled with the country’s bright prospect for economic recovery, will help accelerate the inflow of foreign direct investment.

The reopening of international flights to Vietnam after more than one year of closure, coupled with the country’s bright prospect for economic recovery, will help accelerate the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI).

Tuyen Quang province is striving to become a national model locality for forestry-based economic development in association with eco-tourism. With 423,000 hectares of forests, including 120,000 hectares of planted forests, it ranks third in the country for forest coverage rate and first among the northern midland and mountainous provinces in terms of harvested timber.

In the exuberant atmosphere of the New Year of the Tiger 2022, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue spoke with the local press on parliamentary activities in the first year of the 15th tenure and its priorities for 2022.

Vietnam and Japan on November 24 issued a joint statement toward the opening of a new era in the bilateral extensive strategic partnership for peace and prosperity in Asia on the occasion of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Japan from November 22-25.

The Law on Investment, adopted on June 16, 2020, represents a remarkable effort of the Government in improving investment policies and is likely to have materially beneficial impacts on cross-border merger and acquisition transactions in Vietnam, especially transactions involving the use of land. In this article, the writers will discuss some new points of the 2020 Law on Investment with regard to M&A activities over land-using investment projects.

The fourth outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic starting from late April has had more negative impacts on daily life as well as socio-economic development than the previous waves in the country. However, Vietnam attracted USD 14 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first eight months of this year, only two percent lower than the same period last year, showing foreign investors’ confidence in the country’s economic scenario in the mid-and long terms.

The Vietnamese Government is always ready to create the best conditions for and stand side-by-side with European firms operating in the country, while wishing that EU countries facilitate Vietnamese investments in fields that Europe has demand for, thus fostering balanced and long-term win-win trade and investment cooperation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.