Recently, more than 60 major American companies such as Boeing, Apple, Intel, Coca-Cola, Nike, Amazon, Bell Textron, Excelerate Energy, etc., visited Vietnam.
These businesses have indicated their readiness to invest and expand in Vietnam in areas such as green transformation, digital transformation, circular economy , energy, high technology, semiconductors, AI, aviation, logistics, finance, and telecommunications.
Attracting FDI in 2025 is not just a short-term goal but requires a comprehensive, long-term strategy (illustrative image).
Currently, the Trump Organization is investing in a high-end urban, eco-tourism, sports , and golf complex in Hung Yen province with a total investment of approximately $1.5 billion.
Mr. Charles James Boyd Bowman, General Director of the Trump Organization's projects in Vietnam, said that the group hopes to complete the complex project in Hung Yen within the next two years (March 2027) to serve the APEC 2027 event. The group is also exploring investment opportunities in other projects and sectors in Vietnam.
Vietnam and the United States established diplomatic relations in 1995, upgrading them to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in September 2023. By the end of 2024, US direct investment in Vietnam reached nearly $12 billion with over 1,400 projects, ranking 11th among countries and territories with foreign investment in Vietnam.
For Vietnam to remain a "destination," American businesses hope that Vietnam will continue to reform administrative procedures, shorten decision-making times, and ensure the consistency and stability of legal regulations.
They also suggested that Vietnam should have preferential policies to encourage investment in specific projects and products where the US has strengths and Vietnam has needs, prioritizing their attraction and development.
It is evident that Vietnam's position in ASEAN, Asia, and the world has significantly improved, with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, India, Japan, South Korea, and several other countries elevating their relations with Vietnam to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
According to Professor Nguyen Mai, we have a huge advantage in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).
In addition, the government aims for GDP growth of 8% or higher in 2025, creating momentum for double-digit annual economic growth in the 2026-2030 period. These are positive signals that will create opportunities for investment and development.
In fact, in the first two months of 2025, the total registered foreign investment in Vietnam reached nearly $6.9 billion, an increase of 35.5% compared to the same period last year.
However, Mr. Mai also quoted General Secretary To Lam's warning: "Don't let Vietnam become a 'processing and assembly' hub, a dumping ground for the world's technology, while domestic businesses learn nothing."
According to Mr. Mai, this is a strong reminder that attracting FDI is not simply about receiving investment capital, but more importantly, about utilizing that resource to strengthen the internal capacity of domestic businesses.
Therefore, attracting FDI in 2025 is not just a short-term goal but requires a comprehensive, long-term strategy.
To maintain its attractiveness to foreign investors, Vietnam cannot rely solely on existing advantages but needs to make substantial improvements in its investment environment, infrastructure, human resources, trade policies, and national brand. Once all these elements are implemented synchronously and effectively, Vietnam will not only be an attractive investment destination but also a reliable economic hub in the region and globally.
To achieve this, it is necessary to develop a set of FDI indicators, thereby creating a database to serve policy advisory bodies in assessing the impact of FDI on the economy.
At the same time, it is necessary to change the investment attraction strategy, shifting from pre-investment incentives to post-investment incentives combined with diversifying investors, avoiding over-reliance on a few large investors.
According to economist Pham Chi Lan, Vietnam needs to establish environmental standards and require FDI enterprises to comply with them when investing in Vietnam.
In the long term, specific human resource training programs are needed. This is because, in order to attract FDI into the technology sector, a workforce capable of meeting the high demands of FDI enterprises is essential.
Source: https://www.baogiaothong.vn/chon-loc-dong-von-fdi-192250324230041645.htm
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