Investment

Export revenue of agroforestry-aquatic products hit US$3.2 billion in May, bringing the five-month figure to US$15.6 billion, up 9.9% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) poured US$2.32 billion into Vietnam in the first four months of 2018, accounting for nearly 30% of the inflow of investment in the Southeast Asian country.

The Hanoi People's Committee has approved a number of adjustments of the detailed planning for the city's hi-biotechnology park in Tay Tuu, Lien Mac, Minh Khai and Thuy Phuong wards, Bac Tu Liem district.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has approved a project in which Germany will provide EUR5 million to help Vietnam develop smart grids for renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Vietnam earned 1.1 billion USD from exporting 2.16 million tonnes of rice in the first four months of 2018, up 35.7 percent in value and 21.7 percent in volume.

More than US$8 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital was registered for investment in Vietnam in the first four months of this year, equivalent to 76.1% of the same period in 2017.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on April 22 to honour 77 enterprises which won the 2017 National Quality Awards and International Asia Pacific Quality Award (IAPQA).

The clinched free trade agreements (FTAs) has opened the door wider for Vietnamese goods to enter foreign markets, helping the country improve trade balance with its trade partners.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected Vietnam's economy to grow by 6.6% this year and 6.5% the following year in a recent report.

Updating technology and revamping administration are crucial for the existence and development of Vietnamese businesses amidst the fourth industrial revolution, experts said at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12.

The 28th Vietnam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo) officially opened in Hanoi on April 11, attracting more than 550 booths from 500 enterprises both at home and abroad.

Approximately 89.6% of surveyed enterprises in the manufacturing industry said that their business and production activities will be stronger and more stable in the second quarter of 2018.

Aquatic export in the first quarter of 2018 was estimated at 441,500 tonnes, worth US$1.67 billion, up 8.73% in volume and 11.2% in value against the same period last year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Sejung Vietnam Co., Ltd inaugurated its automobile support plant in the northern province of Ninh Binh on April 4 in the presence of Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Thi Thanh, among others.

The PM has approved a target program on investment in infrastructure of coastal economic zones, border economic zones, industrial parks, industrial clusters, high-tech parks and high-tech agriculture zones in the 2016-2020 phase.

The Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) received feedback from 10,245 private enterprises in 63 provinces and cities and 1,765 FDI from 47 foreign countries and territories in 21 provinces and cities.

One year after the US's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the remaining 11 Asia-Pacific countries, including Vietnam, have signed a new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to remove tariff barriers in the region.

Vietnam's total steel exports for the first two months of the year increased 38.6% over the same period last year to more than 728,000 tonnes, according to the Vietnam Steel Association (VSA).