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Việt Nam named among world’s top 20 host economies for FDI for the first time
Việt Nam named among world’s top 20 host economies for FDI for the first time
Việt Nam was named among the world’s top 20 host economies for foreign direct investment (FDI) for the first time in 2020 with an inflow of US$16 billion.
The country was up five places against last year’s ranking to reach 19th on the list, according to UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)’s World Investment Report 2021.
While global FDI flows fell by 35 per cent to $1 trillion amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the lowest level since 2005 and almost 20 per cent lower than the 2009 trough after the global financial crisis, the FDI in Southeast Asia, considered an engine of global FDI growth for the past decade, contracted by 25 per cent to $136 billion, said the report.
It stated that Việt Nam remained among the three largest recipients in the region with a decline of only 2 per cent, while the remaining two of Singapore and Indonesia suffered drops of up to 21 per cent and 22 per cent, respectively.
According to UNCTAD, a slight decline in FDI to the country was due to significantly lower investment contractions in manufacturing and realty activities.
However, thanks to the rise in investment in electricity projects, including a $5 billion gas-fired power plant proposed by ExxonMobil (US) and a $2.2 billion coal-fired power plant developed by Thai MNEs in the Quảng TRị Economic Zone, the flow of FDI was still okay.
As investors, Singapore and Japan topped the list of countries and territories having investment projects, in which Singapore’s reached $5.64 billion, 37 per cent of the total and Japan invested $2.44 billion, a surge of 67 per cent in investment compared to 2019.
UNCTAD pointed out local measures to promote investment, including the permission for certain disputes between foreign investors and the State to be taken to international arbitration, were keys to attract FDI inflows.
The report also said the Vietnamese government has expanded the list of business lines eligible for investment incentives, along with the publishing of a detailed list of conditions applied for businesses to be considered high-tech enterprises eligible for tax incentives as good points.
“Việt Nam for the first time introduced a negative list on market access, affording foreign investors with national treatment (NT) except in the sectors included in that list. The country also raised the cap on foreign ownership in domestic airlines.”
According to the report released late June, the US continued to be the world’s largest FDI recipient, followed by China and Hong Kong (China).
UNCTAD expected global FDI flows to bottom out in 2021 and later recover some lost ground, with an increase of about 10-15 per cent.
The report said: “This would still leave FDI some 25 per cent below the 2019 level,” adding current forecasts show a further increase in 2022 when the upper bound of projections would bring FDI back to the 2019 level.
The report concluded: “Prospects are highly uncertain and will depend on, among other factors, the pace of economic recovery and the possibility of pandemic relapses, the potential impact on FDI of recovery spending packages, and policy pressures.”
In the first six months of 2021, the total FDI commitments to Việt Nam declined by 2.6 per cent year-on-year to $15.27 billion, the FDI disbursement rate, however, rose by 6.8 per cent to stay at $9.24 billion.
Currently, Việt Nam has totally 33,787 foreign investment projects with a combined registered capital of $397.89 billion, while the disbursed amount stood at US$241.1 billion, 60.6 per cent of the committed amount./.
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Foreign Direct Investment plays an important role in the Vietnam economy!
Vietnam has developed a system of industrial zones all over the country in order to provide appropriate infrastructure for investors.
In reality, foreign direct investment has helped Vietnam to develop totally new industries for the country, such as oil and gas exploration and exploitation, car and motorbike industries, or up - grading others as food and beverages, garment and textile industries.
Foreign Direct Investment has also helped to modernize management and corporate
governance, and to train a new group of young and dynamic managers.
Vietnam could modernize speedily the telecommunication system; get access to up-to-date information technology mainly through FDI.
FDI in agriculture, forestry and fishing is under-proportionate compared to the importance and huge potential of these industries in Vietnam.
Political and social stability is strength of Vietnam. There are in Vietnam less problems related religions, languages or ethnic disputes, and the safety of foreign direct investments is guaranteed.
The Vietnam's Government is cooperative to the investors and committed to reform. The
Law on Foreign Direct Investment has been promulgated, amended inresponding to the perceived needs of investors.
In the context of integrating more deeply into the world economy the Vietnamese policy makers have undertaken several measures to attract foreign direct investment to the country.
Vietnam continues to welcome foreign direct investment (FDI) and the government has policies in place that are broadly conducive to U.S. investment.
Factors that attract foreign investment to Vietnam include ongoing economic reforms, new free trade agreements, a young and increasingly urbanized population, political stability, and inexpensive labor costs.
Vietnam advanced some reforms to make the country more FDI-friendly. In particular, the government issued Resolution 55, which aims to attract USD 50 billion of foreign investment by 2030 by amending regulations that inhibit foreign investments.
Vietnam prioritizes both investment retention and maintaining dialogue with investors.
There are some fluctuations, but the FDI sector in particular and external economic activities in general has shown a positive role in the achievement of growth and development of Vietnam for nearly 30 years.
FDI in Vietnam has major influence on other economic sectors, namely stimulating the domestic investment, creating the competition, promoting the innovation and the transfer of technology, improving production efficiency, and developing the supporting industries that all help Vietnam participate in the value chain of global production.
Today, Vietnam has become an appealing destination of many leading corporations around the world in different fields, such as BP, Total, Toyota, Canon, Samsung, Intel, Unilever, etc. with products of international quality.
FDI also plays an active role in supporting the process of reform of state enterprises, encouraging administrative procedures to reform and fulfill the market economy.
FDI sector has a positive impact on the restructuring of economic sectors and the orientation of industrialization in Vietnam.
FDI restructured agricultural structure, diversified the types of product, improved the value of expectedly agricultural goods, and acquired a number of advanced technologies and high-quality international standard seeds and breeds.
In Vietnam, the other areas such as education, training, and health care did not initially attract FDI but later were invested in several high-quality institutions, some modern hospitals and clinics which served the needs of the high-income population and foreigners living in Vietnam.
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