Vietnam – Amendment to the 1996 Law on Foreign Direct Investment

Aid and Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam

This short paper explores the complementarity between foreign aid and foreign direct investment (FDI). Recent studies on aid concluded that aid should come to an end or be reduced with a radical modification of the terms and conditions and FDI and trade should replace aid as the engine of development. In this paper, we argue that aid complements FDI and advances the efficacy of FDI in promoting...

How foreign direct investment promote institutional quality: Evidence from Vietnam

Dang, Duc Anh—How foreign direct investment promote institutional quality: Evidence from Vietnam Using a unique dataset from a provincial competitiveness survey and the rising foreign direct investment (FDI) from joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), I find that variations in economic institutions across the provinces of Vietnam are associated with the flow of foreign investment. To overc...

A Study on the Contribution of Foreign Direct Investment to Economic Growth in Afghanistan

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is frequently regarded as a key driver of global economic integration because it brings job opportunities, capital investment, and business experience. The current study examines the impact of foreign direct investment on Afghanistan's economic growth using time-series data from 2007 to 2019, which are collected from the World Bank and the International Monetary ...

The Country Risks and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

T he importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries has begun to spread very rapidly, especially after the transition of command economies countries into open markets. Many countries see attracting FDI as an important element in their strategy for economic growth because FDI is widely regarded as an amalgamation of capital, technology, marketing, and management...

Using Foreign Direct Investment to Improve Urban Environmental Infrastructure and Services - the Case of Hanoi, Vietnam