
VN reviews 25-year FDI attraction
VGP – A national conference on reviewing 25-year attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Viet Nam is taking place in Ha Noi.

Samsung starts building US$3.2 billion high-tech cluster
VGP - Samsung Electronics Viet Nam Ltd. on Monday started building a US$3.2 high-tech cluster in the Northern province of Thai Nguyen as the location is thought to provide great accessibility to Viet Nam’s major cities.

National meeting responds to World Water Day
VGP - A national meeting was held in Can Tho City on March 21 in response to the World Water Day 2013 with the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

Cat Bi int’l airport upgraded
VGP – The project to upgrade Cat Bi International Airport in the northern seaport city of Hai Phong began on March 19 after five months of approval.

PM receives former European leaders
VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on March 18 hosted separate receptions given to the UK’s former PM Tony Blair and former Italian PM Romano Prodi who are on their visits to Viet Nam.

PM meets with Lao counterpart
VGP – As part of his working visit to Northern provinces of Laos, PM Nguyen Tan Dung met with his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong on Friday.

VN, Thailand look to build strategic partnership
VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung and his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra have agreed to instruct respective ministries and agencies to build up a roadmap for the formulation of a strategic partnership between the two countries.

5th ACMECSS underway in Laos
VGP – The Ayeyawadi-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit (ACMECSS) should focus on ways to realize the three goals of higher competitiveness, support for the establishment of an ASEAN Economic Community by 2015 and sustainable growth in the three rivers, said PM Nguyen Tan Dung.

CLMV beef up linkages
VGP - Leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Viet Nam (CLMV) agreed to intensify cooperation in trade, investment and tourism, and timely implement the ASEAN Community’s establishment roadmap and the ASEAN master plan on connectivity to accelerate integration.

PM meet with Lao and Cambodian leaders
VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung on March 12 met with General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Choummaly Sayasone and Cambodian PM Hun Sen on the sidelines of the 6th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Viet Nam (CLMV) Summit.