foreign capital

The vital mission to ramp up foreign capital attraction

January 19, 2023 | 09:00

Vietnam’s foreign capital attraction achieved much last year. VIR’s Kim Oanh met with Phan Huu Thang, former director-general of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, to review recent highlights and weigh up predictions for 2023.

Insurance groups urged to go public when viable

December 30, 2022 | 10:57

While the life insurance market witnessed strong revenue growth by the end of the third quarter, related concerns are still overshadowing the market as the ability to attract foreign capital, as well as the number of listed insurance companies, are still limited.

New foreign capital stutters despite overall deal boost

August 08, 2022 | 00:17

Vietnam’s investment picture is brightening, especially in processing and manufacturing, but a dip in newly-registered investment is causing some worry.

Outlook remains bright for foreign capital inflows in the year ahead

January 08, 2022 | 16:00

Vietnam’s foreign direct investment inflows have remained remarkably resilient over the last two years, and we expect continued strong inflows in 2022. This is because travel restrictions will be eased, which will make it easier for corporate executives from elsewhere to travel to Vietnam.

Hardships overcome with diplomacy

December 21, 2021 | 09:25

With the contributions of the diplomatic sector, the Vietnamese economy has reaped a raft of achievements in expanding trade networks and foreign capital sources. In the coming time, foreign affairs under the direction of the 13th National Party Congress will help further enhance the country’s international prestige.

Resuming flights to kick-start foreign capital inflows

November 18, 2021 | 14:00

Foreign inflows to Vietnam are expected to grow in 2022, once international commercial flights will be recovered.

Hopes raised on divestment increase for stock synergy

June 11, 2021 | 14:00

Some freshly-adopted regulatory moves are expected to facilitate more advantageous prerequisites for Vietnamese state-owned enterprises to pick up their divestment pace, and thus enrich the domestic stock market with foreign capital inflows.

Deluge of foreign capital marks strong start to 2021

February 05, 2021 | 08:00

The wave of high-tech companies investing billions of US dollars in Vietnam is already materialising, raising the question for the country on exactly how to absorb all the incoming capital.

Vietnam property market increasingly attractive to foreign capital

July 22, 2020 | 08:00

Vietnam continues to rise among transparent property markets, making luxury projects more charming to foreign investors.

Nearly 7 million USD of public investment disbursed in six months

July 07, 2020 | 15:00

Disbursement of public investment in the first six months of 2020 amounted to nearly 156 trillion VND (6.73 million USD), fulfilling 33.1 percent of the plan set by the National Assembly and the Prime Minister, higher than the 28.56 percent recorded in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.