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Thứ Năm, 28 tháng 12, 2017

Thua Thien Hue – An Attractive Destination for Korean Investors

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry – KCCI said that Vietnam in general, Thua Thien Hue in particular, is currently an attractive destination for Korean investors to come and set up business in Vietnam.
On November 2nd, the delegation of Thua Thien Hue province led by Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee has met with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI).
At the meeting, the Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee has introduced the overview of Thua Thien Hue to KCCI leaders. Accordingly, Thua Thien Hue is a center of culture, tourism, health, education, science and technology. Thua Thien Hue has a complete education system with 9 universities, Korean language departments, vocational schools; young population.
The province now has 6 industrial zones and 1 sea economic zone named Chan May Lang Co, developing in urban, tourism, industrial and seaport. Thua Thien Hue is developing infrastructure, training human resources to attract investors from Korea. Moreover, the province is upgrading and expanding airport in order to promote direct flights to Korea.
Thua Thien Hue has many cooperation with Korea in the fields of planning, healthcare, tourism and industry. Thua Thien Hue province also hopes to continue to strengthen cooperation with Korean enterprises in these fields.
On the side of KCCI, the cooperation between Korea and Vietnam, including Thua Thien Hue, is developing well. The Government and Korean businesses are very interested in Vietnam. Vietnam in general, Thua Thien Hue in particular is really an attractive destination for Korean investors. Korea has many experiences in building and processing water reservoirs. Korea is also researching water treatment systems in the lakes in Thua Thien Hue, especially in the Hue citadel. Hopefully, Korean businesses will continue to invest in Hue in the near future.

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Thứ Năm, 21 tháng 12, 2017

AES (USA) Wants to Invest in Son My 2 Thermal Power Plant

AES Energy Company (USA) wants to invest and deploy the project of Son My 2 Gas Hydropower Plant and LNG Port Warehouse in Son My commune, Ham Tan district, Binh Thuan province together with PV Gas Corporation Vietnam (PV Gas).
At the working session with Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), Mr David Stone – General Director in charge of Vietnam market of AES Energy Company (USA) expressed the wish to be supported by PVN to invest and deploy the project of Son My 2 Gas Hydropower Plant and LNG Port Warehouse in Son My commune, Ham Tan district, Binh Thuan province together with PV Gas Corporation Vietnam (PV Gas).
PVN’s Deputy General Director affirmed that PVN is supportive and willing to cooperate with such American investors as AES in the field of oil and gas, especially gas thermal power and port warehouses projects that PVN is calling for investment. PVN also requested AES to work closely with PV Gas and report the results to PVN as soon as possible.
The Son My 2 Gas Hydropower Plant project is one of the 9 gas thermal power projects assigned by the Government to PVN as the investor and the power project under the revised Power Development Master Plan VII.
This project is expected to include 3 Son My plants, which are Son My 2.1, Son My 2.2 and Son My 2.3 with an expected capacity of 750 MW per plant, using imported LNG for power generation and will be located at the Son My Oil, Gas, Industry and Service Complex.
According to the plan, 3 plants under the Son My 2 gas power plant project will be operated in 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively.
AES operates in the US electricity sector and is on the list of 200 global energy companies, ranked by Fortune Magazine.
AES operates mainly in the field of thermal power and renewable energy  production in 17 countries around the world. The power plants of AES are diversified in power sources including coal-fired thermal power, gas-fired thermal power, thermal gas power, hydro-electric power, wind power and biomass power.
AES now owns an LNG plant in the Dominican Republic with the port that can unload 10,000 m3/h and a 160,000 m3 LNG storage tanks. Moreover, AES is the owner of the LNG project with a 170,000 m3 depot in Panama and has participated in the BOT Mong Duong 2 power plant project.

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Thứ Hai, 18 tháng 12, 2017

Korea Invested 2.7 Billion USD in Binh Duong

Korean investors have set up business in Vietnam a lot in the recent years and this country is also the third largest foreign investor in Binh Duong province with 619 projects.
At the meeting between Binh Duong People’s Committee and Korean investors held on August 16th, according to reports of Department of Planning and Investment of Binh Duong province on the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first six months of 2017, there was positive changes. The total FDI capital reached 1.726 billion USD, equal to 123% of the year plan and increase by 51% over the same period in 2016.
Specifically, there are 97 new projects with capital of 1.034 billion USD, 62 projects adjust and increase capital of 670 million USD. The sectors attracting a lot of investors are electricity, electronics, mechanics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, trade and services…
Particularly for Korean investors, in six months of 2017, there are 16 new projects and 17 projects adjusted for capital increase. Overall, total investment reached 306 million USD. Accumulated until June 30th, Korea is the third largest foreign investor in Binh Duong (after Taiwan and Singapore) with 619 projects worth 2.694 billion USD.
With the efforts to improve the investment environment, Binh Duong is always attracted by investors, the number of foreign investors coming to the province to explore investment opportunities in the first half of 2017 continued to increase over previous years. FDI attraction results of Binh Duong is a good signal, affirming that the investment environment of the province is very attractive to foreign investors.
Binh Duong currently has 28 industrial parks with an area of 10,560 hectares and 11 industrial clusters with an area of over 802 hectares, occupancy rate reaches over 70%.
Binh Duong is still implementing some new industrial zones and expanding existing industrial parks such as Bau Bang Industrial Park (1,000 ha), Nam Tan Uyen (446 ha), approving new investment of An Lap industrial cluster (75 ha).
In the period 2016 – 2020, Binh Duong will develop up to 33 industrial parks with an area of nearly 15,000 ha.

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Thứ Năm, 14 tháng 12, 2017

Benefits of Setting Up Company in Hanoi

Along with the trend of integration in the world, Vietnam is considered a country with rapid and strong growth, in which, industrialization and modernization are focused on developing a uniform set and achieve high performance. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are considered the two cities and dynamic development in Vietnam.
In particular, Hanoi, the potential capital for developing and attracting foreign and domestic investment. Therefore, the investment from businesses to the city is seen as an advantage and the best. To evaluate how such advantages are, the following article will analyze in detail as follows:
First, the labor force
Hanoi is considered a capital with a longstanding historical developed tradition. The population is heavily crowded, reaching about 7 million after 4 times of adjusting the administrative boundaries in 2014. Ha Noi has become one of the 17 largest cities in the world. In addition, with favorable conditions, Hanoi is considered an attractive city for labor, especially qualified and highly skilled workforce. This is a particular advantage for businesses to invest in Hanoi, because the amount of labor leads to a consequence that cost for labor is cheap and a large workforce will provide for industries requiring a large amount of labor force.
Second, the pace of economic development
In 2014, the economy of Hanoi has continued to grow and controlled inflation. In addtion, GDP in the province is estimated at 8.8% and revenue is estimated at 130.000 billion, with 103% of the mathematics. Besides, administrative reform, improvement on the investment environment, business environment, policies to remove difficulties for enterprises often deploy, which made PAR index of cities rise 2 levels compared with 2012 and No. 5 of the 63 provinces and cities nationwide. Thus, with the stable and strong economic development, Hanoi is a city that brings stability for businesses to invest and develop business in this city.
Thirdly, facility
With the aim of developing Hanoi based on critirea of synchronous and modern infrastructure, leadership of Hanoi has attempted to offer policies to promote infrastructure construction of the city in order that Hanoi will become more modern, in which, the traffic system in Hanoi must be built and upgrades more modern. This is considered particularly advantage, because the synchronous development of infrastructure will bring to the development of economy of the city.
Fourthly, administrative and tax policies
With attractive policies for investment, Hanoi has implemented policies solving administrative procedures with only a door. This policy is seen as a new step forward the people of Hanoi in general and businesses having demand to invest in Hanoi in particular. With this open policy, the procedures for establishing businesses, dissolution, business transformation become quickly and easily than ever before, creat favorable conditions for the development of business and resolve administrative procedures. In addition, in order to facilitate business development for businesses, Hanoi has many policies to reduce taxes in order to create favorable conditions for development of new business with low capital.
Fifthly, geographic location
Judged to be a convenient location, with synchronous traffic system, a northern – southern railway, highway 1A, along with the expanded domestic and international routes, Hanoi is considered a city with the most convenient trade location in Southeast Asia and the gateway to the East Sea of Laos and other countries. Thus, Hanoi is the right choice of businesses that need an exchange between domestic and international provinces.
Sixthly, broad market
With the population of 7 million, belonging to one of the 17 cities with the largest population in the world, Hanoi is considered a city which has the largest consumer goods market in the country. Abundant work force, along with the large number of people from suburbs, strong demand for consumer products, services lead to favorable conditions for businesses in production and consumption of consumer products and services. These come from a reason that if the demand rises, the number of products will also lead to increase and as a consequence, economic growth of enterprises will also increase. It can be said that this is a particular strength of the city that businesses investing here are looking forward. From the analysis given above, it can be said that Hanoi is considered to be an attractive destination for small and medium enterprises, especially for enterprises with foreign investment into the Vietnam market. To better understand how to establish enterprises and choose the best type of enterprise, ANT Consulting is honored to be served our customers and provide the best services for customers. We hope cooperation from you.

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Thứ Tư, 13 tháng 12, 2017

Bosch Invested More Capital in Dong Nai Province

Bosch is now the largest German investor in Dong Nai with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, creating more motivation for other foreign investors when deciding to set up business in Vietnam.
After two consecutive years of investment expansion, Bosch Corporation (Germany) plans to pour an additional of 47 million USD into Dong Nai province to diversify its products for the ongoing urbanization and industrialization process in Vietnam, which is happening strongly. This corporation is known to pour capital into a plant in Dong Nai.
In recent years, Bosch has continuously increased investment capital for its factory in Dong Nai. Specifically, in 2015 and 2016, Bosch increased additional capital of 23 and 22 million USD respectively. According to a Bosch representative, these investments are to import more machinery and production lines to meet growing demand for power transmission belts in Southeast Asian and Asian auto manufacturers.
Currently, there are 4 projects in the field of high technology in Dong Nai, in which the Bosch’s has the largest registered capital. Accordingly, the most recent revision of Bosch’s investment certificate in Dong Nai is November 2016. By that time, the total registered capital of this project was over 365 million USD.
The process of urbanization and industrialization in Vietnam is happening strongly and the whole country is moving towards a smart economy. That is a great opportunity for Bosch to diversify its products, especially in the area of connectivity solutions for 4.0 smart and industrial cities.
According to the study, the continuous expansion of investment in recent years has allowed the Bosch plant in Dong Nai to localize the whole process of power transmission production. At the present, all products made from this factory are exported.
Bosch’s localization of its entire production process and its continued investment capital increasing are creating opportunities for other Vietnamese manufacturers to become part of Bosch’s global production chain. However, becoming a supplier for a high-tech business like Bosch will not be easy.

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Thứ Ba, 12 tháng 12, 2017

Assistance in Setting-up Business Venture

To help Clients start business in Vietnam, ANT Consulting introduces the service to assist in setting up business venture in Vietnam.
Foreign investors could make direct investment in Vietnam through setting up one hundred per cent (100%) capital of foreign investors, or establishing joint venture between domestic and foreign investors, or  investing in the contractual forms of: BCC, BO, BTO, and BT
Types of enterprise for foreign investors to invest in Vietnam are as following:
A limited-liability company may not issue securities to mobilize capital.
b)     Joint Stock Company
The main difference between Joint Stock Company and Limited Liability Company is the Joint Stock Company can raise funds by offering shares or securities.  In addition, an enterprise tends to join the Stock exchanges or public company must be a Joint Stock Company.  Management system of Joint Stock Company is more complicated than Liability Company.
c)     Partnership
Unlimited liability partners must be individuals who shall be liable for the obligations of the company to the extent of all of their assets.  Limited liability partners shall only be liable for the debts of the company to the extent of the amount of capital they have contributed to the company.
Representative Office is not allowed to directly conduct profit making activities in Vietnam (i.e: the execution of contracts, direct payment or receipt of funds, sale or purchase of goods, or provision of services)
The Branch is permitted to conduct activities being the purchase and sale of goods and other commercial activities consistent with its license for establishment in accordance with the law of Vietnam and any international treaty to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a member.
Business co-operation contract (BCC) means the investment form signed between investors in order to co-operate in business and to share profits or products without creating a legal entity.
Build-operate-transfer contract (BOT) means the investment form signed by a competent State body and an investor in order to construct and operate commercially an infrastructure facility for a fixed duration; and, upon expiry of the duration, the investor shall, without compensation, transfer such facility to the State of Vietnam.
Build-transfer-operate contract (BTO) means the investment form signed by a competent State body and an investor in order to construct an infrastructure facility; and, upon completion of construction, the investor shall transfer the facility to the State of Vietnam and the Government shall grant the investor the right to operate commercially such facility for a fixed duration in order to recover the invested capital and gain profits.
Build-transfer contract (BT) means the investment form signed by a competent State body and an investor in order to construct an infrastructure facility; and, upon completion of construction, the investor shall transfer the facility to the State of Vietnam and the Government shall create conditions for the investor to implement another project in order to recover the invested capital and gain profits or to make a payment to the investor in accordance with an agreement in the BT contract.
Foreign investors may sign BOT, BT and BTO contracts with a competent State body to implement infrastructure construction projects in Vietnam. Typically, the contracts are for projects in the fields of transportation, electricity production, water supply, drainage and waste treatment.
ANT Consulting is here to assist you from the outset; providing corporate intelligence, risk advisory, management consulting services that assist market entrance, and ensure efficient business start-up operation.  Our services are as following:
We strive to save your cost by guiding you towards economical solutions that comply with local legislation and procedures. We support you through early logistic solutions and carry you through as your business grows.  We aim to bridge the gap between international best practices and local cultures and assist foreign companies and organizations entering Vietnam market to overcome commercial and regulatory issues.
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Chủ Nhật, 10 tháng 12, 2017

US Investors Invest in Ho Chi Minh City

US investors poured capital into Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is an exciting investment destination with total FDI capital reached 40 billion USD. With many advantages in economic development and business environment, foreign investors have been coming to set up business in Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr Dinh La Thang, Party Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has met group of United States (US) investors led by Mr Howard Lutnick, Chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald Financial Group come to explore investment opportunities in HCMC.
Highly appreciated the US investors have chosen HCMC to invest in Financial Tower project, Mr Dinh La Thang committed that the city would create the most favorable conditions for US businesses as well as other international investors, bringing benefits to the enterprise and also the city.
At the same time, the city desires Cantor Fitzgerald Group and US investors will soon implement the Financial Tower project in Thu Thiem urban area, bringing Thu Thiem into a financial center in the region, attracting more investors and large financial corporations of the US and the world.
The city also believes that with the visit of US President Barack Obama to Vietnam, a new wave of investment from US will increase rapidly, especially when the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement takes effect.
With its dynamic, HCMC is training human resources to be able to meet the needs of development and investment.
According to Cantor Fitzgerald Group, the reason for choosing Vietnam as investment destination was calculated very carefully, because Vietnam is an important destination for the circulation of financial flows in Southeast Asia in the coming time. Moreover, Ho Chi Minh City is a vibrant and dynamic place with strong entrepreneurship, especially among the young.
With great financial strength, the Cantor Fitzgerald Group wants to invest and along with HCMC to grow prosperously.

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Thứ Tư, 6 tháng 12, 2017

Gia Lai Calling for Investment in High-Tech Agriculture and Tourism

In recent years, Vietnam has continuously called for foreign investors to come and set up business in Vietnam and most recently, Department of Planning and Investment of Gia Lai province is planning to coordinate with the Department of Planning and Investment of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to organize Gia Lai Investment Promotion Conference 2017.
The conference is scheduled to be held at the end of this year in Pleiku city, Gia Lai province. The areas highlighted at the conference will be: high technology agriculture, agricultural products processing and tourism. These areas are considered as strengths with high potential development of Gia Lai province.
In terms of projects that are given the investment policy decision by Gia Lai Provincial People’s Committee (10 projects – total registered capital of 5,516 billion VND) at Gia Lai Investment Promotion Conference 2016, currently 3 projects have completed construction and go into operation: Sugar Factory Project and An Khe Biomass Power Plant Project, which is invested by Quang Ngai Sugar Joint Stock Company, Beef Experiment Project of Tay Nguyen Dairy Products Joint Stock Company. In addition, six projects are under development and another is being revised.

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Chủ Nhật, 3 tháng 12, 2017

CIPY Starts Construction 5.7 Million USD Factory in Phu Yen

Cipy invested $ 5.7 million to start the plant in Phu Yen

Presently, more and more foreign investors choose to set up company in Vietnam and Coilcraft Corporation is not the exception. This is the first electronic components factory to be built in Phu Yen with capacity of 500 million pieces/year with the main products are RF chip inductors and electromagnets.
On May 13th, CCIPY Vietnam Co., Ltd (under Coilcraft Corporation, USA) has started the construction of an electronic component factory in An Phu Industrial Zone in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province with the attendance of Phu Yen province’s leaders.
According to the General Director of CCIPY Vietnam Co., Ltd, the total investment for the factory is more than 5.7 million USD and 100% of the products will be exported. The establishment of this factory in Phu Yen province is part of Coilcraft Corporation’s goal to develop production in Asia.
When it comes into operation, the project will introduce and share new technology secrets, create jobs for about 2,000 workers and contribute to increase local export and import turnover.
The project is expected to be completed and put into operation in January 2018.
In order for the project to be soon completed and put into production on schedule, the Economic Zone Authority will coordinate with relevant departments, sectors and localities to continue to create the most favorable conditions for investors to complete the factory construction plan as scheduled.
On the side of the investor, the Management Board suggested that CCIPY Vietnam Co., Ltd must ensure safety, efficiency, put the factory into production and business on time, promoting the socio-economic efficiency of the project…

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