The Vietnam government has done its best to create a favorable investment environment and in the 10 months leading up to November the nation’s economy is like a locomotive gaining momentum.

 VietNamNet Bridge - In the past 10 months, nearly 20 foreign firms invested hundreds of millions of US dollars in Vietnam's garment industry.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The removal of the cap on the tax deductibility of advertising will help Vietnamese businesses integrate into the world economy, attract foreign investment and effectively compete in other markets.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a list of 127 national projects calling for foreign investment from now to 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A string of fresh policies on foreign-related elements were introduced in the first eight months including foreign strategic investors, sub-lease of job, preferential corporate tax,

 VietNamNet Bridge – PM Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a list of 127 national projects calling for foreign investment from now to 2020.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has unexpectedly agreed to offer attractive investment incentives to the Thai PTT Group, which plans to set up the Nhon Hoi Oil Refinery in Binh Dinh province.

VietNamNet Bridge – The complexity of Vietnam’s business tax climate is not impeding the attraction of foreign investment, and oddly enough, is appealing to a corrupt element of investors using complexity and legal loopholes to their advantage.

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VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City is seeking to boost ties between the supporting industry and high technology sector, as well as support the development of both, towards luring more foreign investment,

 VietNamNet Bridge – On the occasion of the US Independence Day July 4, the United States Ambassador to Vietnam David B. Shear spoke to VIR’s Thanh Tung about the two countries’ trade and investment prospects.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The government is committed to augmenting the country’s attractiveness as a safe and hospitable investment destination with developed infrastructure facilities and a young talented workforce.

General foreign-invested schools are often favored by Vietnamese parents and students, but foreign-invested colleges are viewed with skepticism.

The Foreign Investment Agency, when releasing its report on FDI in Vietnam in the first four months of 2014, called the public’s attention to the fact that a lot of tiny foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) have turned up in Vietnam.

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Trade surplus $683m despite April deficit; Capital raising measures $4b in Q1; Securities firms report bumper earnings despite challenges; Indonesia probes into steel imports from Vietnam

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