Vietnam lures US$5.46 billion in foreign investment
VNA
As much as US$5.46 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) was injected into Vietnam as of February 20, equivalent to 84.4 percent of the figure recorded in the same time last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Despite improvements in the business environment, there are still inadequacies that not only hinder enterprises from effectively operating but also prevent investment from coming to needy cases.
On the afternoon of March 22, a hailstorm hit Da Sar and Da Nhim communes in Lac Duong District of Lam Dong Province, causing significant damage to local outdoor vegetable and flower growers.
The Cargill Cares Council’s School Building Project fund has provided finance for building additional five schools in northern mountainous provinces under its rural school-building program.
On March 22, the Ho Chi Minh City Police announced that they had initiated criminal proceedings in the case of transporting over 11kg of drugs from France to Tan Son Nhat Airport.