01-06-2023 16:00
The role of foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) has been enormous and cannot be denied in all aspects of our country’s economic and social life over the past 35 years.
01-06-2023 14:00
Attracting high-tech foreign direct investment has become a strategic priority for Vietnam as it moves up the value chain and seeks to continue its impressive economic growth trajectory. Peter Ryder, CEO at Indochina Capital, explains how this can be achieved.
29-05-2023 16:06
The official passage of the Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam in 1987 is considered a historic turning point that contributes to attracting an increasing number of foreign-led enterprises into Vietnam over the years. Multinational corporations opening new branches as well as newly established foreign-backed enterprises in many fields create great demand for domestic labour, generating jobs and improving livelihoods and quality of life for Vietnamese people.
25-05-2023 15:09
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a directive clarifying tasks and solutions to enhance the efficiency of foreign investment attraction in the new period.
22-05-2023 10:33
The scale and quality of foreign-led projects in Vietnam have been fostered thanks to the promulgation of new policies to improve the investment environment.
22-05-2023 09:43
With open and transparent attraction policies and a favourable, stable, and constantly improving business environment, Vietnam has gained many achievements in attracting foreign investment.
22-05-2023 09:38
While maintaining attractiveness to international investors, the imminent global minimum tax and international uncertainties are putting pressure on Vietnam, urging it to have breakthrough steps to foster new foreign inflows.
20-05-2023 09:00
A total of $8.88 billion was in registered foreign investment in Vietnam as of April 20, in which real estate ranked third with nearly $972 million. Truong An Duong, general manager for North Vietnam and Residential at Frasers Property Vietnam, shared methods to lure in more investment to Vietnam's industrial real estate market with VIR's Bich Ngoc.
19-05-2023 16:38
Harmful tax competition in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) has intensified in recent years, with many developing countries in the region using tax incentives as a tool to attract foreign direct investment (FDI).
18-05-2023 16:08
With more than 36,000 projects implemented, over $442 billion invested, and millions of jobs created, foreign investment has made a significant contribution to the impressive socioeconomic development of Vietnam over the past three decades.
18-05-2023 15:57
After more than two decades of robust growth, Vietnam has again shown an exceptionally strong economic development in the past year. In the last 10 years, the volume of trade with the European Union has increased 2.3 times, and the EU is now Vietnam’s third-largest trading partner.
18-05-2023 15:00
Foreign investment has been contributing to helping Vietnam implement the country’s industrialisation and modernisation strategy. Furthermore, the economic values created have helped Vietnam solve various social problems, such as poverty reduction, social evils, and inequality. However, there are many limitations in both attracting and managing such investment.
18-05-2023 11:56
The trend of Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea, and China investing in the paper industry is set to continue. Vietnam Pulp and Paper Association general secretary Dang Van Son spoke to VIR’s Van Nguyen about future industry developments.
17-05-2023 17:58
Speaking at the VIR-hostedconference on May 15, Do Van Su, deputy director general of the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) said that the decrease in foreign capital coming into Vietnam has been caused by recent shifts in global tax policy and currency devaluation in certain countries, while investment relocation from China has not brought much benefit.
17-05-2023 11:37
In a fresh move, the innovative Hanoi-based commercial lender VPBank has reiterated its focus on promoting the foreign direct investment (FDI) landscape in Vietnam through a cooperative deal with its strategic partner, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), to develop and supply an inclusive suite of solutions to support foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) landing ventures in Vietnam.