Several days ago, the south-central province of Binh Thuan granted an investment licence to a series of gas and electricity projects using liquefied natural gas (LNG), enabling the implementation of four large-scale projects invested by Vietnamese and foreign businesses.

Production at Foster Electric Bac Ninh Co., Ltd at VSIP Bac Ninh.

Accordingly, Son My electricity centre project, including Son My 1 and Son My 2 power plants, will have a total investment of 4 billion USD, while Son My LNG Terminal project will be implemented at a cost of nearly 1.34 billion USD.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the Party Committee of Bac Ninh Nguyen Anh Tuan has had a working session with Chen Tao, Chairman of China’s Victory Giant Technology Group - a producer of electronic components and semiconductors - on the firm’s plan to construct a factory in the northern province.

According to Chen, his company has chosen Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) Bac Ninh as the location for its 400-million-USD factory, which is designed to produce about 1 billion USD worth of products each year.

After a project valuing more than 1.6 billion USD of Amkor Group that is scheduled to be put into operation later this year, Bac Ninh is welcoming another large-scale project in the field of semiconductors.

Other localities across the country are also working hard to call for FDI. The central province of Nghe An has recently granted an investment licence to Innovation Precision Vietnam Ltd. of China to implement a 165-million-USD project on aluminum alloys for consumer electronics manufacturing and green energy, which will become operational in November 2024.

Presenting a report in the Government's recent meeting, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said that FDI inflows into Vietnam have gradually recovered.

He noted that in July, Vietnam received over 2.8 billion USD of FDI, a rise of nearly 9% year on year, raising the total amount in the first seven months of this year to 16.24 billion USD, up 4.5%. Of the total, 11.58 billion USD had been disbursed, a rise of 0.8% over the same period last year.

Director of the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment Do Nhat Hoang said that the situation will be even better in the time to come.

A report released by HSBC in mid-July showed that FDI has still been poured into Asia, including Vietnam. The majority of investment projects are in the fields of manufacturing, it said.

However, EuroCham's Business Climate Index (BCI) for Vietnam in the second quarter of this year pointed to challenges that European investors in Vietnam are facing, including those from infrastructure system and administrative procedures. It said that investors are also worried about the implementation of the global minimum tax rate.

It also underlined that the transition of production activities from China to Vietnam is slowing down, requiring the country to make timely response.

Minister Dung said that Vietnam will continue to complete mechanisms and policies to give non-tax support and incentives to foreign investors in the context of the global minimum tax rate application, thus creating competitive advantages to attract more large-scale projects using high technologies.

Vietnam secures 10.86 billion USD in FDI in first five months

Total foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam, including new and additional investment and contributions for share purchases by foreign investors, reached nearly 10.86 billion USD from January to May 20, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Improving FDI quality, quantity crucial for Vietnam

Amid the slowing down of the global investment flows, experts held that improving both quality and number of foreign investment projects is a heavy task for Vietnam, requiring great efforts from the Vietnamese Government to fulfil the “dual targets”.

Vietnam's five-month FDI rises sharply nationwide

The total inflows of foreign investment in Vietnam this year to May 20, including new and added investment and contributions for share purchases by foreign investors, reached nearly 10.86 billion USD, down 7.3% year-on-year, but up 10.6 percentage points as compared with the figure in the first four months of this year, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment reported.

FDI business: Industrial production locomotive

(BGO) – Bac Giang province now has 8 industrial parks (IP) which have attracted 453 projects, including 350 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with total registered capital of over 8.2 billion USD. Amid many difficulties, the FDI enterprises in the IP maintain stable production and business activities, ensure good policies and rights for labours. 

Hanoi tops country in FDI attraction in first four months

Hanoi led Vietnam in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first four months of this year, securing more than 1.7 billion USD in capital during the period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Source: VNA