Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam have gradually recovered with many large-scale investment projects following the COVID-19 pandemic as well as political and economic uncertainties in the world.

Experts have suggested adjusting foreign investment policies, making them match the evolution of the global economy, amidst the shrinking FDI inflows in the first half of this year.

Vietnam has to date attracted 37,500 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth nearly US$450 billion, including 1,100 projects in real estate with a total capital of US$66.4 billion, heard an international workshop in Hanoi on July 13.

Vietnam’s 2023 growth is below-trend amid global external headwinds, but its position as a manufacturing FDI darling remains intact, DBS, Singapore’s leading consumer bank, said in a report released on July 3.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has yet to lose its advantage as an attractive destination for foreign investment flows, although in the short term investors are carefully considering their decisions, according to Nguyen Xuan Thanh, a lecturer of the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management.

The global corporate minimum tax is unlikely to impede Vietnam’s FDI inflows given the fact that tax incentives are not the primary attraction for setting up a factory in Vietnam, Michael Kokalari, chief economist at investment fund VinaCapital, said.

VOV.VN - Since the beginning of the year Japanese manufacturers and retailers have continuously unveiled plans to expand their investment in Vietnam, while foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows from the East Asian country to the country during the opening two months of the year reached nearly US$146 million.

Vietnam’s real estate sector last year attracted an additional US$1.85 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI), retaining its second place among industries drawing FDI with combined investment of US$4.45 billion, accounting for 16.1% of the total FDI poured into the country, according to the Ministry of Construction.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam still managed to attract a large amount of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2022, with the outlook forecast to be optimistic moving into 2023.

A report on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)’s impacts on the shaping of supply chains in Vietnam was released by the National Centre for Socio-Economic Information and Forecast (NCIF) and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Vietnam on November 10.