Vietnam: FDI rankings for 2019: South Korea top

Vietnam: FDI rankings for 2019: South Korea top

Hanoi

January 27, 2020

Vietnam Foreign Investment Agency:

Inward FDI in 2019 (approval basis) totaled 5,264 new and expansion investments (up 21.2% year-on-year) and $ 22,476.3 million (down 14.1%).

Manufacturing and retail / wholesale / non-manufacturing investment both increased, and the number of investment approvals reached a record high.

Ranking by country / region: (See Table 2)

South Korea was the top in terms of both the number and the value of approvals, with 1,594 cases (up 7.6% from the previous year) and $ 5,249.02 million (down 12.4%).

Korea:

Racetrack development and operation ($ 420 million, Hanoi City),

Investment to expand LG Display ($ 410 million, Hai Phong)

There were diversified investments.

Hong Kong:

Both the number of cases and the amount of approval increased sharply.

Tektronic Industries’ electric manufacturing ($ 650 million, Ho Chi Minh City),

Gore-Tech Electronics Manufacturing ($ 260 million, Bac Ninh City)

China:

Tire production by Siren and US Cooper ($ 280 million, Tay Ninh Province),

Large-scale investment was seen mainly in the manufacturing industry.

-JETRO

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