The Republic of Korea (RoK) is the leading foreign investor in Vietnam in 2019, pouring 7.92 billion USD into the country, accounting for over one fifth of the total flow of foreign direct investment into Vietnam during the year.

Policies on planning, science-technology, finance, commerce and training human resources, have contributed to turning the country’s livestock industry into a strong commodity production sector, heard a conference in Hanoi on December 25. 

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Việt Nam has been forecast to hit an all-time high this year, said Đỗ Nhất Hoàng, head of the foreign investment department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

In a year which began with the 40th anniversary of official US-China ties, the two countries remained caught throughout 2019 in an economic and geostrategic tussle which appears to be spiralling towards a superpower showdown under the watch of two nationalistic, headstrong leaders.

Beer exports by Japan to South Korea in November stood at ¥6.96 million, down 99.1 percent from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.

Việt Nam was in urgent need of policies to develop a transparent and sustainable agricultural land market to attract more investment in the farming sector, according to the Việt Nam Real Estate Association.

The USMCA had bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress.

Southeast Asian first-generation biodiesel will become increasingly insular in 2020, in the wake of the two biggest palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia hiking domestic production mandates in response to anti-palm oil sentiment from their previous largest export market Europe.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) pledged to Việt Nam surpassed US$38 billion this year, marking a 10-year high and representing a year-on-year increase of 7.2 per cent.  

Rice producers need to be more creative and increase quality if they want to see export profits rise next year.