Despite a decrease in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam in recent months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economists assessed Vietnam remains attractive to foreign investors and needs to take advantage of FDI attraction opportunities to boost economic growth.

VOV.VN - The nation’s trade ties with the United States have enjoyed impressive growth during 26 years since the normalisation of diplomatic ties, with two-way trade growing from over US$400 million in 1995 to more than US$90 billion in 2020.

The Government’s Resolution No. 105/NQ-CP on support for enterprises, cooperatives, and business households has considerably facilitated the granting of permits to foreign workers in Vietnam.

Recent announcements made by foreign investors on additional investment to expand production in Vietnam reflect their trust in Vietnam’s prospects for economic recovery, reported the Dau tu (Investment Review) newspaper.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, who is on a working visit to Russia, dropped into the Vietnamese Embassy in Moscow and met with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Russia on September 25.

Representatives of foreign invested enterprises and business associations in the central city of Da Nang have made a number of proposals to the city on measures to recover production, one of which is to speed up COVID-19 vaccination for workers, in the hope of quickly resuming full production.

The Vietnam-Mexico Joint Committee for economic, trade and investment cooperation has convened its third meeting via videoconference under the co-chair of Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai and Undersecretary for Foreign Trade in Mexico's Secretariat of Luz María de la Mora.

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island in southern Kien Giang province is set to receive first charter flights from November 20 this year to bring foreign travelers with a vaccine passport to the resort city under a pilot scheme recently approved by the Prime Minister.

The fourth outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic starting from late April has had more negative impacts on daily life as well as socio-economic development than the previous waves in the country.

Foreign investment into Vietnamese startups is predicted to increase although the COVID-19 pandemic has left negative impacts on the economy, according to experts.