Bac Ninh province now has 2,459 valid FDI projects with a total registered capital of nearly 31.3 billion USD.

Thailand has stopped issuing new gun licences for a year, the country’s interior ministry announced on December 20.

By October 20, the northern province of Bac Ninh granted licences to 308 new foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, worth more than 908 million USD, an increase of 3.14 times compared to the number of projects recorded in the same period last year.

The Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD) granted licences to 464 foreign investors in July, including 58 institutional investors.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has granted 206 franchise licences for foreign brands in Vietnam since 2007, reports from the ministry showed.

The south central coastal province of Binh Dinh has withdrawn the licences of four delayed tourism projects so far this year.

Television and radio stations in the country are no longer allowed to partner to produce news and political programmes, according to a new governmental regulation that took effect on March 15.

Thailand is planning to loosen foreign investment and licensing regulations on foreign participation in some business sectors relating to banking and insurance.

The National Assembly on November 4 said some provisions in the draft of the amended law on media still hindered media freedom and asked the drafting committee to ensure the law doesn't intervene too