Ministry of Planning and Investment
Vietnam needs $500b for infrastructure in 10 years, says ministry
Vietnam needs $500 billion for its infrastructure development in the next 10 years, a senior official at the Ministry of Planning and Investment has...
Laos outlines investment priorities
In the next financial year the Lao government will allocate 11 per cent of its state investment budget to four priority areas with aims...
Vietnam to license dozens of billion-dollar FDI projects by year-end
A number of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects to Vietnam that are worth billions of US dollars are under negotiation and are likely to...
Vietnam’s investments in Russia reach $2.47b
Vietnam’s investment in Russia reached US$2.47 billion at the end of February, Dau Tu newspaper reported, citing the latest figures from the Ministry of...
Vietnam’s plans to invest in Samsung unclear
Although the Vietnamese government has announced that state investment firm SCIC plans to invest in Korean giant Samsung Electronics, the largest foreign investor in...
Vietnam’s real estate expected to recover
Industry experts predict that Vietnam’s property market will soon bottom out and then gradually improve on the back of increased liquidity in the low...
Laos government to cut ‘lavish spending’
The government of Laos has instructed state agencies to formulate comprehensive belt-tightening measures against “lavish” practices to in a move to cut public spending,...
Vientiane owes investors $30 million
Vientiane authorities said on October 25 that the Lao capital owes 237.22 billion kip (around $30 million) to investors who funded 118 projects, mainly...
Vietnam’s overseas investment reaches $14b
Vietnamese companies have invested a total of $14 billion in 60 countries and territories, the ´country's Ministry of Planning and Investment said on October...
Vietnam plans ministry to handle state enterprises
The Vietnam government plans to fight bureaucracy with bureaucracy and considers setting up a specific ministry or at least a committee to "manage" state...
Vietnam economy recovers, but high growth uncertain
It appears Vietnam’s economy may be moving out of the emergency room. A recent report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has...
Vietnam’s slowdown seen bottoming out
Vietnam's GDP grew 4.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2013, the country's Ministry of Planning and Investment announced on June 25, a...
Vietnam investment grows 8.9%
Pledges for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam for the January-May 2013 period rose 8.9 per cent from a year earlier to $8.52 billion,...
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