BUSINESS IN BRIEF 14/3Binh Duong provincial People’s Committee granted investment certificates to 19 projects yesterday for the first investment stage in 2018, including 15 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects. The dialogue consisted of two sessions discussing business opportunities, advantages and disadvantages for services, tourism and transportation. Business representatives from both countries also expected the newly signed CPTPP to further promote bilateral and multilateral economic and trade cooperation. During the period, nine projects increased their investment capital by 153.45 million USD, including two projects outside industrial parks with 23 million USD added. Other statistics from the General Department of Customs showed that Viet Nam’s steel exports to the US in particular had surged.