Foreign investors firmly commit to long-term investment in Vietnam

Coca-Cola Southern Factory in Tay Ninh Province.

More confidence, stronger commitment

Last weekend, the Coca-Cola Beverage Factory in Tay Ninh was officially inaugurated by Swire Coca-Cola Group (USA, UK). With a total investment of 136 million USD and a capacity of up to 1 billion liters of beverages/year, this is not only the largest Coca-Cola factory in Vietnam, but also the first food and beverage factory in Vietnam to achieve the LEED (V4: BD+C) Gold green building certification.

“More than just an investment in facilities, this plant demonstrates our commitment to our vision of sustainable development and our aspiration to make meaningful contributions to the communities we call home across Vietnam,” said Milly Cheng, General Director of Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam.

According to Ms. Milly Cheng, the inauguration ceremony of the new factory in Tay Ninh marked an important milestone in Coca-Cola's journey in Vietnam. "The state-of-the-art production facility - with the intersection of innovation and sustainable development - has demonstrated our strong belief in the huge growth potential of the Vietnamese market and our commitment to long-term investment here," Ms. Milly Cheng emphasized.

Coca-Coca is not the only investor who believes in the development potential of the Vietnamese market and “commits to long-term investment”. Believing in the potential of the Vietnamese market, the LEGO Group (Denmark) decided to invest and in early April 2025 officially inaugurated a 1.3 billion USD factory in Binh Duong (now Ho Chi Minh City). The SYRE Group (Sweden) recently invested in a 1 billion USD project in Binh Dinh (now Gia Lai)…

Previously, in April 2025, Nestlé announced an additional investment of 75 million USD to expand the Nestlé Tri An Factory in Dong Nai , bringing the total investment capital of this factory to 175 million USD, and at the same time bringing Nestlé's total investment capital in Vietnam to more than 900 million USD.

“This expansion investment is a testament to Nestlé’s belief in Vietnam’s development potential,” said Binu Jacob, General Director of Nestlé Vietnam, emphasizing that this investment not only marks an expansion investment, but also a “long-term commitment” to accompanying Vietnam in its growth era.

Similarly, in early June 2025, during a meeting with Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, Chairman of Warburg Pincus Investment Fund (USA) Jeffrey Perlman emphasized his commitment to long-term investment in Vietnam and actively supported Vietnam in promoting bilateral economic and trade relations between Vietnam and the US.

Many investors have made such commitments, which is why despite concerns about the impact of US tariff policies on foreign investment flows, foreign investment flows into Vietnam have grown strongly. In the first 6 months of the year, registered foreign investment capital reached nearly 21.52 billion USD, up 32.6% over the same period last year, the highest since 2009; and realized capital reached 11.72 billion USD, the highest 6-month level in the past 5 years.

Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Tam, attending the inauguration ceremony of the Coca-Cola Factory, once again emphasized this figure as an affirmation of Vietnam's success in attracting foreign investment.

Promise of "accompanying"

Over the past 6 months, foreign investment flows into Vietnam have remained very positive, but will the situation ahead be positive when the Trump administration officially collects reciprocal taxes from August 1, 2025?

The answer is not easy to quantify, because the final tariff rate that the US applies to Vietnam, as well as many countries around the world, has not been officially announced. According to experts at VinaCapital, as long as the tax imposed on Vietnamese goods is not 10% higher than that of other countries, Vietnam will still "strongly attract" foreign investment capital.

We call on investors to actively invest in Vietnam, especially in the fields of high technology, energy, processing, services and financial investment.

- Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc

Furthermore, although concerns about tax issues are real and this, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (Ministry of Finance), may make some foreign investors more cautious in the disbursement process, especially with large-scale, long-term projects, Vietnam still has many advantages in the race to attract foreign investment, thanks to a favorable investment and business environment and, most of all, from the commitments of the Vietnamese Government to accompany investors.

“The Government is committed to accompanying domestic and foreign investors. We call on investors to actively invest in Vietnam, especially in the fields of high technology, energy, processing, services and financial investment,” Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc said at the Techcombank 2025 International Investment Conference.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has repeatedly affirmed this. The investment environment has been continuously reformed to create the most favorable conditions for foreign investors. Special investment incentives are applied to large-scale projects; special investment procedures and “green channels” are also applied to a number of strategic projects; the model of one-stop investment support service centers has been and is being piloted in a number of localities…

Furthermore, according to the Foreign Investment Agency, Vietnam's ongoing reorganization of its administrative apparatus will be a key factor in strengthening foreign investors' confidence, creating expectations for extensive administrative reform and a more open investment environment in the coming time.

However, policy recommendations continue to be made, so that Vietnam can firmly win the race to attract foreign investment, even in the context of US tariff policies that may cause disadvantages to global investment flows.

“Infrastructure needs to be invested synchronously and connected between regions. It is also necessary to link and shift from 'provincial planning' to 'dynamic economic zone planning' - such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, South Central region... to promote network advantages instead of each individual locality", said Lawyer Nguyen Hong Chung, Chairman of DVL Ventures, Vice Chairman and General Secretary of the Vietnam Industrial Park Finance Association (VIPFA) and believes that local authorities should accompany investors early from the idea, planning, to factory construction, instead of only approaching them when they have chosen a location.

Source: https://baodautu.vn/nha-dau-tu-nuoc-ngoai-vung-cam-ket-dau-tu-lau-dai-o-viet-nam-d328929.html