State President Nguyen Minh Triet has called for Russian businesspeople to increase their trade and investment in Vietnam, saying the country will provide favourable conditions for them.

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong has told Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia to boost investments to match its great potential.

On September 11th, 2007, the General Department of Taxation issued Official Letter No. 3708/TCT-CS guiding policy on tax applicable to organizations investing in securities.

On September 5th, 2007, the Government promulgated Decree No.140/2007/ND-CP (the “Decree”) on business conditions on logistic services and scope of liability of trader trading logistic services.

Though modest in size, FDI has played an important role in the development of Thua Thien Hue. The province now focuses on attracting FDI for efficient development”, said Mr Le Dinh Khanh, Deputy Director, Thua Thien Hue Planning and Investment Department (DPI).

Viet Nam's southern Phu Quoc island in Kien Giang province has become more and more attractive to investors, said Bui Ngoc Suong, Chairman of the Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee.

In September 1998, Tien Giang province kicked off the construction of the first IP in the province, the My Tho IP on a total area of 79 hectares.

After several months of setbacks, the foreign investment attraction of Can Tho City has suddenly become busy in the latest two months as many companies and officials from South Korea and Hungary arrived in the city seeking business opportunities.

In recent years, Thai Nguyen Province has made remarkable achievements in social and economic development. The annual GDP growth rate verged on 9 per cent a year in the past five years and is estimated at 12-13 per cent in the 2006-2010 period.

Danang grew from a third-grade poor city into a first-grade one within 8 years, a very short time compared with its 200-year history. Danang has become an economic hub of the central region and central highlands.