Up to 45.6 percent out of 6,500 enterprises participated in a survey said that the trend of production and business in the fourth quarter would be better. The export market will see booming purchasing power, which has been held back for a long time.
Despite the disruption of supply chains, Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) still rose by 3.68 percent in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the economy nosedived with the growth rate merely at 0.39 percent. In the third quarter, GDP growth recovered to 2.62 percent, sending the three-quarter growth rate to 2.12 percent.
Generally, in the first nine months of this year, the total foreign investment capital into Vietnam reached US$21.2 billion. Of which, there were 1,947 newly-licensed projects. Many economic experts affirmed that the free trade agreements (FTAs) that Vietnam has already signed and will sign this year are accelerating the flow of foreign investment to Vietnam.
The survey on 6,500 processing and manufacturing enterprises shows that 70 percent of them confirmed that the production volume increased and remained stable in the third quarter of this year.
The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association on September 28 said that up to 70 percent of textile export revenue belongs to foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises.
The Sourcing Fair for Supporting Industry with Buyer 2020 held by the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on September 17 attracted the participation of nearly 74 domestic and foreign enterprises. Mr. Duong Anh Duc, Vice-Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee also attended the event.
For a long time, the matter of transfer pricing of foreign-invested enterprises and multinational corporations has been giving authorities headaches, now the matter has widely spread to domestic associated enterprises.
By May 29, the foreign capital flow still poured heavily into Vietnam. Accordingly, the total foreign investment capital, including additional capital, capital contribution, and purchase of shares, in the first five months of this year reached US$13.9 billion.
In recent months, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused many difficulties for enterprises in Binh Duong Province, including foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises. However, many businesses have dynamically overcome difficulties to retain workers and partners around the world.
The Government has just promulgated regulations on selective foreign direct investment attraction for nearly three years, but Dong Nai Province has been ahead of the whole country in carrying out this policy for more than ten years. Therefore, the province’s FDI capital invested in the supporting industries is among the highest across the country and is considered as the capital of the supporting industries by many enterprises.
