Vietnam’s good performance in COVID-19 response will help the country recover quicker than most other economies in the region, according to Oxford Economics. Oxford Economics' forecast is for gross domestic product growth of 2.3 per cent in 2020 followed by 8 per cent growth in 2021.

The central province has proposed a Private-Public-Partnership (PPP) model for calling on investment from the private sector in two key projects – the Chu Lai Airport and sea port systems in the near future.

Many financiers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are expecting that regulations on financial investment activities in Vietnam will become clearer and more open with the revised Investment Law coming into force

The Da Nang authorities has announced that the city will invite both domestic and foreign investors to register for land auctions for development projects.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have discussed ways to assist enterprises in developing sustainable supply chains for better growth of the business community and the economy.

According to reports of the Foreign Investment Agency, Korea was ranked 4th among 87 countries and territories investing in Vietnam with the total registered capital of 708.88 million USD in the first 3 months of 2020.

On March 27, 2020 the People's Committee of Kon Tum issued Decision No. 281 / QD-UBND approving the Provincial Investment Promotion Program 2020. Kon Tum plans to spend about VND 2.6 billion for investment promotion activities this year.

According to FDI Report 2019 published by the Foreign Investment Agency, Vietnam had 3,883 newly - granted FDI projects, a 27.5 percent increase over the previous year, with a total newly registered capital of USD 16.75 billion. However, the Central Highlands region (including 05 provinces) contributed only 04 projects among them, with a total newly registered capital of less than USD 10...

The People's Committee of Quang Tri province has approved in principle for Dong Nam ICD JSC to develop a logistics centre, expected to cost more than VND2 trillion (US$86 million), in the East South Quang Tri Economic Zone.

Vietnam may not be meeting its development potential to exploit wind power to provide energy to the country.