Hyosung Group will invest $720 in a biotech fiber manufacturing plant in Vietnam.

Billions of US dollars flowing into Vietnam is contributing to the country’s whole-year target for foreign investment capital.

Hana Micron Vina inaugurates northern Vietnam's first semiconductor factory with ambitious growth targets.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is exerting a powerful effect on foreign capital inflows to Vietnam, forcing the local government to issue far-reaching reforms in order to catch up with new-generation foreign-invested investment (FDI).

Vietnam is among the few ASEAN member countries to consistently improve its attractiveness to foreign investors due to its growing economy and improving business climate, according to experts.

On the occasion celebrating three decades of foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction in Vietnam, many companies and organisations, including several foreign-invested enterprises who have been honoured by the Vietnamese government with prestigious awards for their outstanding FDI contributions and achievements, talked with VIR about their view on Vietnam’s foreign investment journey, what changes they would like to see, and what upcoming trends they anticipate.

This Thursday (October 4), the government will hold a hallmark conference in Hanoi to review 30 years of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung told VIR’s Thanh Thu about the significance of this event and the country’s new policy of luring FDI capital in the near future, especially against the backdrop of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The total amount of FDI in new and existing projects, capital contribution and share purchase reached US$25.37 billion in the first nine months of 2018, equal to 99.6pc of that of the same period last year.