Ba Ria-Vung Tau lacks facilities for Japanese investors
	Tuesday,  February 7,2012,20:52 (GMT+7) HCMC – Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province has yet to build up infrastructure and preferential policy to prepare for the investment wave from Japanese small and medium enterprises into the province’s supporting industries in the coming time.

ODA prioritized for infrastructure in next five years
	Tuesday,  February 7,2012,20:35 (GMT+7) HCMC – Official development assistance (ODA) funds and concessional loans will be prioritized for the development of infrastructure facilities, according to a scheme on the use and management of such loans in the 2011-2015 period.

Big investment pledges made for Nghe An
	Monday,  February 6,2012,20:46 (GMT+7) HCMC – Local and foreign investors have pledged to invest trillions of Vietnamese dong in the central province of Nghe An while the investment picture in the country remains bleak.

Jan FDI approvals plunge
	Monday,  February 6,2012,20:39 (GMT+7) HCMC – The country’s foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals in January totaled a mere US$37.3 million, representing a meager 2.5% of the figure recorded a year ago, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Bridgestone gets license for tire plant in Haiphong
	Thursday,  February 2,2012,20:23 (GMT+7) HCMC – Japanese tire maker Bridgestone Corporation on Wednesday received an investment certificate to build a passenger car tire manufacturing plant in the northern port city of Haiphong whose output will all be for export.

Ngoc Chau tourism port set to start service this year
	Wednesday,  February 1,2012,22:35 (GMT+7) HANOI – Tuan Chau Group this year will put into operation the VND3 trillion project of Ngoc Chau tourism port capable of accommodating over 2,000 vessels if natural conditions are favorable.

Nation’s biggest gas project licensed
	Wednesday,  February 1,2012,22:31 (GMT+7) HCMC – The Nam Con Son 2 gas pipeline project was formally licensed on Tuesday by Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province’s government, marking the start of the country’s biggest project so far in gas transport, treatment and processing.

Feedback: Food For Thought
	Sunday,  January 22,2012,01:42 (GMT+7) Below is feedback from investors regarding how Vietnam’s legal and administrative systems can be improved

Corridor Proves Its Attraction
	Sunday,  January 22,2012,01:33 (GMT+7) Japanese investors have shown great interest in Central Vietnam, the main region of the East-West Economic Corridor. But they said that the region needs more and better infrastructure to lure long-term investors.

Charming Vietnam - Reality Or Myth?
	Sunday,  January 22,2012,00:57 (GMT+7) European investors urged stronger reform in Vietnam’s investment environment amidst the lingering global economic woes