FDI capital is forecast to flow strongly into high-value technology sectors.

Vietnam is emerging as an attractive destination for investors in the field of science and technology. According to the 2025 macroeconomic outlook report, the National Financial Supervisory Commission forecasts that FDI capital will continue to flow strongly into Vietnam, especially capital flows into high-value manufacturing and technology sectors such as semiconductor industry, artificial intelligence, digital transformation, logistics, etc.

In the trend of diversifying supply chains and complex geopolitical developments in the world, Vietnam is emerging as an attractive destination for investors in the semiconductor industry thanks to high-quality human resources at competitive costs; strongly invested and upgraded infrastructure; increasingly open and transparent mechanisms and policies; and high political determination of the Party and State leaders, especially the attention and close direction of the Prime Minister.

In Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW (Resolution 57) dated December 22, 2024 of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation; in which, the goal was set to raise the level, technological capacity and innovation of enterprises to a level above the world average; some fields of science and technology to reach international standards.

Along with that, the Government has implemented many specific solutions and actions related to perfecting policy mechanisms, implementing the Human Resource Development Program and the Semiconductor Industry Development Strategy...

Director of digital transformation services and AI applications at FPT Digital, Mr. Doan Huu Hau said that Vietnam's economy maintains stable growth thanks to reasonable macroeconomic policies, strong export growth, and sustainable development of domestic industries and consumer markets.

In addition, Vietnam's geopolitical advantages and stable policies make it attractive to foreign capital flows, thanks to its strategic location in Southeast Asia, favorable investment environment, and investment incentive policies.

However, in the face of the wave of investment in the semiconductor industry and innovation, Vietnam also faces a number of challenges, coming from global economic fluctuations; continuous changes in mechanisms, policies, and regulations; requirements for infrastructure development, management and risk management capacity, information technology capacity; and uneven quality of listed enterprises.

According to Mr. Hau, the requirement to develop infrastructure capacity, management capacity and information technology is a big challenge for the Vietnamese financial market, requiring financial institutions and management agencies to improve the quality of transaction infrastructure, risk management, and improve information technology systems to meet the needs of market development and growth in the context of increasingly new technologies and requirements for higher transparency.

To create opportunities for AI and semiconductor development, according to the leader of the Ministry of Finance, Vietnam will focus on a number of solutions, including: perfecting open institutions, focusing on reducing costs for people and businesses; reducing administrative procedures, cutting unnecessary administrative procedures.

Along with that, developing strategic infrastructure for AI and semiconductor development; including transportation infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure, information technology infrastructure, energy infrastructure... contributes to reducing input costs and creating competitiveness for products.

Besides, Vietnam also focuses on training human resources to meet the requirements of development. Because human resources play a very important role and the biggest challenge of Vietnam is human resources.

Accordingly, there must be solutions to innovate the education and training system, improve quality, focus on basic research, English training. Especially, to build human resources for AI and semiconductors.

On the local side, many provinces and cities across the country have also made efforts to implement solutions to increase FDI attraction. Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Vo Tan Duc said that 2025 is of great significance as it is the final year of the 5-year socio-economic development plan 2021-2025.

Therefore, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested units to enhance their responsibility, coordinate closely and be more proactive in implementing the assigned tasks; especially in attracting FDI and improving the investment environment.

Dong Nai province has set a plan to attract FDI of about 1.1 billion USD in 2025. However, after just over a month of the year, the province has attracted nearly 690 million USD in FDI capital, reaching nearly 63% of the yearly plan; including 10 new FDI projects and 16 FDI projects with increased capital.

FDI projects are mostly attracted to industrial parks in the province and all meet the requirements of being less labor-intensive, environmentally friendly, and high-tech.

To increase FDI attraction to the locality, Vice Chairman of Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee Bui Minh Thanh said that the province will commit to focusing on resolving difficulties as soon as possible.

Binh Duong will also recommend that central ministries and branches have appropriate policies to support businesses, especially in the context of increasingly competitive investment attraction.

Currently, the Ministry of Finance is also reviewing all institutional obstacles and bottlenecks to submit and amend and supplement them to suit the reality. Currently, through the review, the Ministry of Finance is coordinating with the Ministry of Science and Technology to submit a draft law amending many laws, right in the next session of the National Assembly.

“In May, the Ministry of Finance will also propose and submit to the National Assembly amendments to the State Budget Law. Thus, issues related to institutional spending on basic science and technology have been basically resolved,” Minister Nguyen Van Thang affirmed./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/du-bao-von-fdi-se-chay-manh-vao-linh-vuc-cong-nghe-co-gia-tri-cao-post1023007.vnp