Several member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have emerged as Vietnam’s leading investment partners after a few invested small amounts of capital in the country 20 years ago. SEE MORE Vietnam needs to attract more “ clean foreign direct investment (FDI)” capital to meet the country’s economic development and its industrialisation and modernisation, warned experts, as there remain a number of shortcomings in this area. SEE MORE TOKYO — The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan hosted a meeting last Friday for around 100 members from a study group of Japan's second generation businesses in Tokyo to promote understanding of doing business and making investment in Viet Nam. SEE MORE HA NOI — Pakistan is calling on Vietnamese businesses to pump investment into coal mining and aquaculture sectors, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Pakistan. SEE MORE HA NOI — Sean Doyle, head of the EU delegation to Viet Nam, yesterday announced the EU would allocate 13 million euros (US$16.5 million) to back Viet Nam's Socio Economic Development Plan (SEDP 2006-10). SEE MORE