With fresh changes made by the National Assembly in the investment and enterprises laws, businesses are expected to benefit more from new improvements in the business climate.

The real estate market in Vietnam has been one of the most exciting emerging markets in the Asia-Pacific region. VIR talked with Anthony Couse, chief executive officer, Asia-Pacific, JLL, about his assessment of the market, as well as prospects in the coming time during his recent visit to Ho Chi Minh City.

Despite facing difficulties and challenges, the Vietnamese real estate market is developing stably, positively, and professionally.

Professor Tran Chung, Chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Financial Investors, talks to Hai Quan newspaper about advantages the Law on Public Private Partnerships will offer investors.

Along with amending and removing regulations, numerous sectors were added to receive incentives under the latest draft Law on Investment in order to ensure that the new capital inflows match the new-generation FDI strategy.

After more than 30 years of adopting an open investment policy, Vietnam has become one of the most successful countries in the region in garnering overseas funding. Brian Spence, co-founder of investment consultancy S&P Investments, explains why foreign capital is increasingly attracted to Vietnam’s burgeoning charms, taking in the key drivers for the country’s meteoric ascent as well as some of the sectors that canny investors should keep an eye on.

Many foreign businesses have recently visited Viet Nam with the desire to invest or expand their investments in the country, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Building the correct legal framework is one of the major challenges holding back start-up businesses and now the government is looking at easing red-tape and giving an easier ride to both young companies and the private sector.

New regulations on insurance business, sexual abuse prevention, and plant protection drugs among others will take effect in November.

If there is any change to contents relating to loans referred to in the confirmation of foreign loan registration given by the State Bank, the borrower shall be responsible for making registration for changes of his foreign loan with the State Bank.

Business confidence in the legal system remained low because local governments had made slow progress with regulatory reforms, Dau Anh Tuan, head of the legal department at the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), said on Monday.

Vietnam is boosting attraction of investment through public-private partnerships. Donald Lambert, principal private sector development specialist, and Sanjay Grover, public-private partnership specialist from the Asian Development Bank, write about the solutions to ensure this type of funding is carried out correctly in Vietnam.

Despite a range of improvements, the latest draft amendments to the Law on Investment 2014 retains several concerns among both domestic and overseas investors, who are urging for further changes ahead. Bich Thuy reports.

In the absence of suitable legal framework, Vietnamese start-ups are struggling to secure much-needed capital while investment funds have difficulties navigating the country’s numerous regulatory barriers, said fund managers and policy researchers.

More transparent legal documents would contribute to dealing with inconsistencies and overlapping regulations and consolidate investors’ faith.

Investors raised recommendations to guarantee investment rights in the draft amendments to the laws on investment and enterprise.

Vietnam's real estate market continues to attract foreign investors because of its growth potential, especially investors from the Republic of Korea, according to real estate consulting companies.

To attract more investment, especially from overseas, HCM City needs to renovate and reform its export processing zones (EPZs) and industrial parks (IPs), Tran Quang Truong, general director of Tan Binh Industry Park said.

Vietnam's transformation efforts fetched it the eighth position among the top 20 best countries to invest in by US News & World Report. This is a remarkable improvement against the 23rd position last year, surpassing neighbours like Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore.

A series of new policies on the use of public assets to pay investors when implementing construction investment projects in the form of build-transfer contract (BT), police conscription duration, credit subsidies for laborers from poor districts to work abroad, shall take effect in October, 2019.