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Annual report on foreign investment for 2022 released in Vietnam
The 2022 annual report of foreign investment in Vietnam was announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 10.The report is authored by Prof., Dr. Nguyen Mai – President of Vietnam’s Association of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (VAFIE), with reference to documents of many prestigious international organisations ...
Viet Nam SDGs Investor Map makes debut
The UNDP in Viet Nam has launched the Viet Nam Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Investor Map, presenting 14 investment opportunities, all of which contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive Viet Nam.This map aims to secure the interest of international and domestic investors in sustainable ...
Building tools to "screen" FDI projects with potential risks
On November 16, the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) held a workshop on “Screening tool for investment projects in Viet Nam”. The tool includes mandatory assessments of whether the project complies with investment laws in Viet Nam; mandatory assessments of potential economic, social ...
Thuỳ Dương
Vietnam must prepare for new wave of investments
Many provinces and cities across Vietnam have announced quite optimistic results in attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects in the last months of the year. Vietnam was well able to control the Covid-19 pandemic, has maintained political stability, has an advantage of huge human resources, ...
The disillusionment about FDI and the middle-income trap
In order to avoid the middle-income trap, Vietnam needs to change its strategy on attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI attraction over the last 30 years hasn’t succeeded as expected.As of the end of 2021, Vietnam had attracted $408 billion worth of FDI, ranked 18th ...
Tran Thuy
Annual report on FDI in Vietnam released for the first time
The Vietnam Association of Foreign-Invested Enterprises (VAFIE) has just unveiled its first annual 2021 FDI report to provide a comprehensive assessment of the results of foreign direct investment attraction, the business activities of foreign-invested enterprises, and to analyse the nation’s investment environment.The annual report provides ...
Vietnam attracts over 29 billion USD in FDI in ten months
Vietnam attracted 29.11 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first ten months of 2019, up 4.3 percent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.Processing and manufacturing remained the most attractive sector to foreign investors during the ...
New regulations on foreign exchange management
The State Bank of Viet Nam has issued Circular No. 06/2019/TT-NHNN on foreign exchange management for foreign direct investment activities in Viet Nam.The Circular, scheduled to take effect since September 6, 2019, regulates such activities like capital contribution, opening and use of foreign currency and ...
S&P raises Vietnam’s credit rating with stable outlook
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings’ recent upgrade of its long-term sovereign credit rating for Vietnam, the first time since 2010, was expected to help the country to attract more foreign investments into the economy and expand exports.In August 2018, credit rating agency Moody’s Investors ...
Vietnam attracts US$8.3 billion FDI to industrial, economic zones
The total foreign direct investment (FDI) poured into Vietnam’s industrial parks and economic zones in 2018 reached more than US$8.3 billion, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Of the figure, US$5.3 billion was invested in 560 new projects, while additional capital in nearly ...
Nhan Dan News Reporter
