The foreign direct investment (FDI) sector continues to be an important economic driver, contributing to making Vietnam more prosperous, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh speaks at the forum (Photo: VNA) The foreign direct investment (FDI) sector continues to be
an important economic driver, contributing to making Vietnam more prosperous,
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh said.
At
the connections for development forum 2021 with the theme ‘Presenting
opportunities and challenges from the movement of FDI flows in the new context’
co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and newspaper Vietnam Economic Times on April 26 in Hanoi,
Minh said since 1987, along with the process of renewing and opening up the
country’s economy, the Law on Foreign Investment had been enacted. The country
had seen three FDI waves, which had made the FDI sector present in many
important industries and contribute significantly to the overall socio-economic
development of the country.
As
of December 2020, over 33 years of developing and attracting FDI, Vietnam has
33,070 FDI projects with registered capital of more than 384 billion USD, of
which about 231.86 billion USD has been disbursed.
In
order to successfully attract FDI in the new context, the Deputy PM said the
Government would focus on solving four issues.
Firstly,
Vietnam would be determined to maintain a stable socio-political environment,
considering it a competitive advantage of the country in the context that the
world has many unpredictable uncertainties and it is difficult to forecast the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Second,
the country would focus on improving the quality of institutions and legal
policies towards enhancing transparency, soundness, safety and efficiency as
well as improving the governance and macroeconomic management of the State to
attract high-quality FDI inflows and enhance the competitiveness of the economy.
In
addition, the Government would encourage and support domestic
enterprises to enter into joint ventures, contribute capital and purchase
shares of FDI enterprises in projects using high and new technologies and
supporting industries to master technology, manage and develop national
products.
Third,
the Government would prioritise investment in infrastructure development to
create smart and efficient connections to help reduce transaction costs and
enhance the competitiveness of businesses, investors and the entire economy.
In
particular, the Government would encourage investment in education and
science and technology, considering it an engine of growth for the country in
the coming decades.
Finally,
together with investment attraction, provinces and cities would organise and
support investors to build their projects effectively and
promptly through reforming the business environment and administrative
procedures, especially in land clearance.
Minh
expected the measures would help reduce investment costs for investors and
strengthen their confidence besides supporting domestic enterprises to develop
and participate more deeply in the global production and distribution chains./.