Vietnam remains a top destination for cross-border investment

A survey of business leaders in the Asia Pacific region has revealed Vietnam is a top destination for cross border investment
vietnam remains a top destination for cross border investment

Forty -four per cent of foreign firms in Vietnam plan to increase their investment in the country over the next 12 months. (Photo courtesy of Samsung)

More than 1,000 leaders were questioned by PwC as part of their survey “Doing business across borders in Asia Pacific 2019-2020”.

Results have revealed companies in Vietnam are confident revenue will hit a five-year high, with almost half saying they are “very confident”.

The survey showed businesses here are more optimistic than their Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) counterparts, as only 34 percent of businesses elsewhere are confident of reaching such highs.

Four out of five business leaders in Vietnam told the survey they are planning to increase budgets in automation and workforce skills, while 80 percent strongly believe technology advancement is key to success.

Dinh Thi Quynh Van, PwC Vietnam General Director, said: “Amid anticipated pressure from increased challenges to cross border activities, Vietnam is holding on to its momentum for continuous growth with business leaders’ confidence boosted with uplifted optimism, and the economy continues to attract investments not only from overseas but also from its expanding domestic force.”

The survey quizzed business leaders from 21 APEC economies, which collectively account for half of world trade and more than half of global GDP.

Of those already doing business in Vietnam, 44 percent say they plan to increase investment in the country over the next 12 months.

But the survey reveals there is still room for improvement.

Of those questioned, 23 percent of Vietnamese leaders say they struggle to recruit staff with the right skillset to accommodate automation and only 5 percent, compared to 12 percent APEC-wide, say they are creating more jobs with automation.

Bob Moritz, PwC’s global chairman, said: “Business leaders don’t often call for more regulation, but companies are acutely aware of the risk that disconnected or ineffective policies in areas such as AI, cybersecurity and privacy protection can have on their plans for investment and the trust that consumers have in business.”

Also in the survey, 62 percent of Vietnam’s respondents expect to increase their domestic investment in the next 12 months, higher than other economies such as China, Japan and Singapore.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam inched up by 3 percent during the first 11 months of the year to 31.8 billion USD, according to data from the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

Source: VNA

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