The central province of Quang Nam is aiming to attract more investors from South Korea by asking the Vietnamese government to make the Vietnam-South Korea Chu Lai Industrial Park an official part of strategic co-operation between the two countries.

A draft investment law clarifying the definition of a foreign investor in Vietnam, aims to improve the investment environment for foreign firms here.

Central provinces have attracted 66 new FDI projects capitalized at nearly US$1.5 billion, bringing the total amount of investment capital to US$25.5 billion.

The People’s Committee of central Binh Dinh province and the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) will in early August launch a feasibility study on a project to build an oil refinery in the locality.

In the 40 years since the establishment of official diplomatic ties, Vietnam and Japan have made great progress in all cooperation areas of politics, economics, culture, social and education. The governments have consistently nurtured so that the bilateral relations after each period have been promoted to a higher level of comprehensiveness and depth.

On 4/6/2013, Investment Promotion Ceter for Central Vietnam (IPCC) have received letter from Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Co., Ltd. (MUMSS), a leading carbon consultancy of Japan.

Investment Promotion Center for Central Vietnam (IPCC) – Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) –Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is going to organize a training course on “Strengthening knowledge and skills on investment promotion, laws & policies and FDI management for related officials in Central Vietnam”.

Singapore’s Sembcorp Utilities has received a big boost with its proposed 1,200 megawatt coal-fired power plant to be added to the Vietnam’s power development strategy until 2020.

On May 25, 2013, Vice Chairman Dinh Van Thu met and worked with Japanese TOTO Group, led by Mr. Tamura Shinya -General Director for TOTO Vietnam and Head of Japanese Industrial Enterprises Association in Vietnam.

Binh Dinh Province People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ho Quoc Dung said the prime minister had given the green light to a US$27-billion Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT Group) oil refinery project in the province.