VOV.VN - Skilled workforce, a growing digital economy, competitive wages, and a sizeable regional market were among ASEAN’s top attractions to foreign investors, with Vietnam’s economic resilience being ranked foremost in attracting international firms, according to details given by HSBC experts.

Foreign investors poured a total of US$2.4 billion into the real estate market of Vietnam in the first eight months of this year, five times the level over the same period last year, according to the latest updates from the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Vietnam attracted more than US$20.5 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the opening eight months of the year, representing an increase of 7% against the same period last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

VOV.VN - Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai and his Lao counterpart Sommad Pholsena co-chaired a symposium in Da Nang city on September 5, sharing experience in improving the role of the legislature in formulating and implementing socio-economic development policies.

Foreign investors injected more than US$2.87 billion into the Vietnamese realty market during January-July, a year-on-year surge of 78%, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)’s Foreign Investment Agency.

A delegation from the south central province of Binh Dinh led by Permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Le Kim Toan paid a working trip to Germany and France to explore investment opportunities from July 17-22, reported the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects to attract about US$39-40 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) capital this year, a figure which is equivalent or higher than the same period in 2023, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong.

Aside from harnessing domestic resources, it is important to attract foreign investment to optimise potential and advantages of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, according to experts.

The Hanoi People's Committee will organise a conference to open up a dialogue with foreign investment enterprises in August this year.

VOV.VN - The disbursement of foreign investment between the beginning of the year and May 20 reached about US$8.25 billion, posting a rise of 7.8% on-year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.