VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam and Bulgaria are expected to sign a joint statement during President Rosen Plevneliev’s October 27-31 visit, demonstrating the two countries’ desire to develop a strategic partnership in the future.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many banks, including the major ones, are expecting the Government to increase foreign ownership cap in the banking sector and are ready with plans to sell strategic stakes, Vietnam Investment Review has reported.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Benchmark indices ended down on both national stock exchanges last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Not only power groups like Sembcorp, Tata Power, Graham Bell and Associates Limited – GBA, but multi-field groups like Samsung and Sumitomo are planning to pour capital into power projects in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vingroup Joint Stock Company (Vingroup JSC) will temporarily delay its plans to sell shares and have them traded in Singapore in response to foreign investors pulling capital out of emerging markets.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Swallowing up the existing domestic manufacturers proves to be the best for foreign investors to expand their business in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Economic experts during a forum in HCMC last Friday expressed concerns over Vietnam’s capability to deal with international exits after India and Indonesia suffered great difficulties from the withdrawal of foreign investors

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s policy to purchase power at low prices and hold a controlling stake in state-owned power projects has discouraged many foreign investors in the power sector.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnamese stock market witnessed a dreadful week, with the VN-Index dropping 4.1 per cent to 486.82 points and the HNX-Index going from 1.3 per cent to 61.42.

VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors are forecast to reduce buying on bourse in the second half of this year and their participation may not a positive factor for the local stock market like in the year’s first half,

 VietNamNet Bridge – Mergers and acquisitions are expected to pick up pace this year despite a slow start to the year, mainly thanks to the increasing interest of foreign investors.

VietNamNet Bridge – Investment Minister Bui Quang Vinh has promised Vietnam will continue offering foreign investors appropriate incentives in a manner that benefits both the nation and investors themselves.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Foreign investors are looking for room to grow in the banking sector.

VietNamNet Bridge – Many foreign firms have shown interest in Vietnam’s airport expansion projects, especially those in the central region, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

Vietnamese businesses, which are thirsty for capital, want to call for foreign capital to improve the business situation. However, they fear that they may become the aiming points of the foreign companies’ hostile takeover plans.

VietNamNet Bridge – The VN Index has increased by 25 percent so far this year, turning Vietnam into the fastest growing market in South East Asia.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's largest mobile phone retailer announced on May 27, it was selling more than 20 per cent stakes to two foreign investors, including an American entrepreneur.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam, which lists itself among the biggest instant noodle consumers in the world, has become a lucrative market for the investors from all over the world.

The stuffy atmosphere can be breathed at the golf courses nowadays, which, like many other business sectors of the national economy, are experiencing the dark days of the economic recession.

Metro had been the only modern wholesaler until the day Co-opXtra, a joint venture of the Vietnamese Saigon Co-op and Singaporean NTUC FairPrice.