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FOREIGN SMES POUR CAPITAL INTO VIETNAM
Foreign small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are paying much attention to Vietnam, given the fact that the number of under-1-million USD projects accounted for nearly 70 per cent of the total number of foreign-invested projects registered in Vietnam in the first three months of this year.
According to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, in the first quarter, Vietnam attracted nearly 5.45 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI), down 39 per cent year on year.
Of the total, over 3 billion USD came from 522 newly-licensed projects, up 62 per cent in a number of projects but down 6 per cent in capital compared to the same period last year. Among these new projects, the combined capital of under-1-million USD projects accounted for only 2.2 per cent of the total newly-registered investment.
Meanwhile, some 1.2 billion USD was added to 228 existing ones, representing a hike of 3 per cent in a number of projects and a decline of 70.3 per cent year on year in capital.
However, foreign investors' capital contribution and share purchases rose 4 per cent year-on-year to 798 million USD, the FIA said.
A survey from the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) shows that more than 60 per cent of respondents said that their company would expand their business in Vietnam in the next two years, a higher proportion compared to any other ASEAN country.
Nakajima Takeo, JETRO chief representative in Hanoi, said that there is a trend of Japanese SMEs increasing their investment in the coming time.
Although the investment is not big, SMEs over the globe, especially those from Japan, own a lot of advanced technologies and hold not small market shares, he said, proposing Vietnam have appropriate preferential policies to attract such businesses.
Source: VIR
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