The following is a brief review of the day’s events as reported by the Vietnam News Agency.

Many enterprises from the US are planning to make or expand investments in Vietnam, showing their intention to turn the Southeast Asian country into one of their important bases.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Chairman of John Swire & Sons Limited Guy Bradley in Hanoi on October 24, welcoming the UK-headquartered firm’s continuous expansion of investment and business activities in Vietnam.

Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam Co., Ltd started construction of its largest factory in Vietnam in Phu An Thanh Industrial Park in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on October 14.

The Long An Economic Zone management board has granted an investment licence to Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam Co., Ltd to implement a soft drink plant project in in the southern province of Long An.

Anti-transfer pricing measures were included in the Law on Tax Administration for the first time, but a guiding decree has not yet been written. Experts said this could mean the rules are less effective.

Thai chemicals company Indorama Ventures on August 21 announced its commitment to investing 1.5 billion USD in recycling.

The National Assembly has focused on establishing a complete legal framework to provide a favourable business environment for foreign businesses to invest in Vietnam, including Coca-Cola.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has lauded operation of the US firm, Coca-Cola, in Vietnam, with the generation of thousands of jobs and the production of diverse products using domestic materials.

In the heat of summer as more drinks are bought on-the-go from convenience stores, what usually happens to the empty bottles once the beverages are finished?.

The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam always backs stronger economic and trade cooperation with the US and facilitates the adoption of legal regulations to create a transparent and favourable business environment for foreign businesses, including those from the US.

Hanoi People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung on January 24 presented the adjusted investment license of 50 years to Coca-Cola Vietnam.

The suspended sale of 13 Coca-Cola nutritional supplement drinks has nothing to do with food safety concerns but was prompted by the lack of a required safety certificate

Multifunctional facilities serving as shelter from natural disasters were inaugurated in the south central coast province of Ninh Thuan on January 20.