Vietnam and Canada held the second meeting of the Joint Economic Committee in Hanoi on March 27 to outline bilateral cooperation orientations in economics, trade, investment, agriculture, and science-technology, among others.
While global foreign direct investment (FDI) last year increased by just 3%, FDI inflows into Vietnam witnessed an upturn of 32.1%, thereby affirming the attractiveness of the local investment climate, according to the 2023 FDI annual report released on March 26.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken are scheduled to hold their first annual dialogue during the former’s current working trip to the US from March 23 to 29, in an effort to materialise the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
Vietnam will experience a breakthrough in foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction to the fields of technology, renewable energy, health, banking and real estate, according to world media.
Vietnam views the US to be its most important partner, especially in terms of economics and trade, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said at a meeting with a business delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) held on March 20 in Hanoi.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the FDI business community, foreign investors and partners to focus on three “pioneer" areas and three “acceleration” ones in green growth at a meeting with FDI enterprises and the annual Vietnam Business Forum (VBF 2004) themed “FDI enterprises pioneer in green growth strategies” held in Hanoi on March 19.