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Thứ Năm, 29 tháng 7, 2021

Why Da Nang is a Place for Setting up Business | ANT Lawyers

Da Nang has been creating flexible policies, good environments attracting foreign investors setting up company, building factory, and developing service business.

Da Nang is a social and economic center of central area of Vietnam with the role as the center of industry, trade and tourism and service. It is a seaport city, an important transport hub for the transit of domestic and international transportation. Presently, Da Nang has been rising as a comprehensive and sustainability developing city.


With the advantages of geographical location, people and nature, the leader of Da Nang is planning to build the city becoming a major tourist center of the country, developing tourism industry with entertainment centers and luxury resorts in Vietnam.

In practice, Da Nang has been reducing administrative procedures, creating favorable conditions for investors in obtaining certificate for investment. In the meantime, the city also supports investors understanding the information and maintaining direct dialogue mode with businesses leaders and managers in order to promptly assist any difficulties encountered by investors in the process of project implementation. Da Nang’s leaders are famous in being proactive in providing the latest information about the law in investment, especially information on the process of changing investment certificate… to facilitate the investment plan of the investors whom are investing in Da Nang. For investment projects in infrastructure construction using ODA capital, the city has been quickly implemented the clearance and compensation in time to hand over the project site to the investors as planned.

To ensure the tourism environment and sustainable development, the city focuses on attracting projects in high technology industry, supporting industry and services with high added value i.e. information technology, education, healthcare and logistics…, especially favoring clean and quality projects rather than large projects but are likely to cause environmental issues.

Along with economic development, Da Nang also has activities and measures for environmental protection by investing in building projects to protect and improve the environment such as: modernization the sewer and wastewater treatment system (JICA), building east-west economic corridor (ADB)… to ensure sustainable and long term development of the economy.

An important element for economic development is the local security. Da Nang has done a great job in maintaining public security in order to guarantee investors a stable and safe political, social environment for investors.

It can be seen that Da Nang converges suitable elements and really is a promising land for investors both domestic and international, to invest in entertainment, real estate, tourism, IT, healthcare, education services.

Thứ Tư, 28 tháng 7, 2021

How Foreign Entity Could Set-up Representative Office in Vietnam | ANT Consulting

 A foreign business entity or a foreign trader is allowed to establish Representative Office in Vietnam according to the Commercial Law.

Representative office of a foreign business entity in Vietnam (referred as “Representative Office”) means a subsidiary unit of the foreign business entity, established in accordance with the law of Vietnam in order to survey markets and to undertake a number of commercial enhancement activities permitted by the law of Vietnam.  Representative Office will need to apply and obtain the establishment license; and have a seal bearing the name of the representative office.



Setting up a Representative Office is less complicated than setting up a company in Vietnam.  The Vietnam Department of Trade will be approving the establishment of Representative Office in Vietnam while Vietnam Ministry of Planning and Investment will be the State agency that coordinate the setting up a company in Vietnam.  The time duration to establish a Representative Office is shorter than to establish a company.  There are fewer conditions to meet than conditions in setting up company in Vietnam.  The main difference between a Representative Office and a company in Vietnam is that the Representative Office could not directly conduct profit making activities.

Rights of the Representative Office:

  • To operate strictly in accordance with the purposes, scope and duration stated in the license for establishment of such representative office;
  • To rent offices and to lease or purchase the equipment and facilities necessary for the operation of the Representative Office;
  • To recruit Vietnamese and foreign employees to work for the Representative Office in accordance with the law of Vietnam;
  • To open accounts in foreign currency and in Vietnamese Dong sourced from foreign currency at banks which are licensed to operate in Vietnam, and to use such accounts solely for the operation of the Representative Office.

Obligation of the Representative Office:

  • Not to directly conduct profit making activities in Vietnam;
  • Not to enter into commercial contracts of the foreign business entity or to amend or supplement such contracts already signed except where the head of the Representative Office has a valid power of attorney from the foreign business entity;
  • To pay taxes, fees and charges and to discharge other financial obligations in accordance with the law of Vietnam;
  • To report on the operation of the Representative Office in accordance with the law of Vietnam

A foreign company which has effectiveness business activities will be allowed to open the Representative Office in Vietnam if this company has real demand to open the market in Vietnam and meet conditions as below:

  • Being a business entity or trader recognized by the law of the country or the territory (hereinafter referred to collectively as the country) where it has been lawfully established or made its business registration;
  • Having been operating for at least one year after its lawful establishment or business registration in its country.

The issuing period will be within 20 working-days after the date of submitting the full valid documents as requested.

Thứ Ba, 27 tháng 7, 2021

How To Set up Trading Company in Vietnam | ANT Consulting

Investment in set up trading company in Vietnam is considered as investment in conditional investment areas

Once an underdeveloped country, in the last two decades Vietnam has shown an incredible growth in the world economic scene, especially in the criteria of investment attraction. For a foreign company that is interested in expanding the business in a new country or region, Vietnam is a promising destination. In order to start a company or specifically a trading company in Vietnam, foreign investor should comprehensively understand the formality and function of the legal entity to be formed according to Vietnam Law. The consultancy and guidance of skilled and qualified lawyers in Vietnam law firms throughout the process shall mostly be needed.

The legal basis for a foreign company to set up a company in Vietnam is stated in the Enterprise Law of Vietnam: foreign organizations and individuals will be entitled to establish and manage enterprises in Vietnam in accordance with this law, with some exceptions. Foreign investors may invest in the form of 100% foreign- owned capital to establish limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, partnerships or private enterprises under the provisions of the Enterprise Law and relevant laws.



The foreign investor shall mostly needs to fulfill the investment registration procedures at provincial-level state agencies in charge of investment in order to be granted the investment certificates, in accordance with Vietnam law in investment. The dossier required for the investment registration shall comprise of an examination dossier, papers showing the capability to satisfy the conditions which the project is required by law to satisfy, for investment projects in conditional investment domains i.e. specific goods to be traded at HS code level, experience in trading area, how the trading procedures would be carried out, potential business in Vietnam.

In particular, for investment capital, it should be noted that, trading company needs to commit larger investment in terms of capital, since its function is to identify competitive suppliers, negotiate and purchase their products and sell them through a distribution network in Vietnam. In the meantime, the investor needs to have experience in trading to run the business smoothly and efficiently. The investor should explain why the company would contribute to the development in Vietnam when applying for investment license at Department of Planning and Investment, and Ministry of Trade and Commerce.

Our lawyers of foreign investment practice at ANT Lawyers are available to advise and provide client with service and representation in Vietnam.

How to Set-up Travel Services Business in Vietnam | ANT Consulting

Foreign investor could only set-up joint venture with Vietnam travel agency to set-up travel services business in Vietnam because transport of passenger belongs to investment areas with conditions applied to foreign investor in Vietnam.

No one could deny that information technology has tremendously changed the way travel services business operates. The use of booking reservation system application on smartphone and internet are widespread that make travel has never been easier. Foreign investor would be interested to explore the travel services market. However, 100% foreign owned company is not allowed to set-up travel services business in Vietnam. As this investment area is conditional, it is advised that a law firms in Vietnam should be consulted to ensure compliance with local regulations.



The application process and documents requirements are briefly as following:

I. Required documents:

1. Application for the International Travel Business License (form);

2. Certificate of business registration (copy – certified)

3. Business plan for the international travel agency;

4. Tour schedule

5. Proof of at least 4 years of experience in international travel business operations

6. Certified copies of the tourist guides’ cards whereby at least 3 international tourist guides are required

7. Confirmation of bank deposit (as per regulations);

8. Proof of office premises or legally registered place of business

II. Business License Application Procedure

1. Submission of the required documents to the correct authority (Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the province/city where the business is headquartered).

2. The Department of Tourism of the province/city completes the records of appraisal and submits a written request with the agency’s records to the Minstry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Vietnam within ten working days from the date of receipt of a valid application. When cases are not eligible for the proposed permit to the state agencies, the provincial tourism department shall cite the specific reasons for refusal.

3. The state management agency of tourism (VNAT – Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) is responsible for reviewing and licensing the international travel business within ten working days from the date of both receipt of the file and written request of the state agency of tourism in the province. In case of refusal, the ministry shall state the specific reasons to the state and provincial tourism authorities

III. Number of records

– Submission to the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism: 01

– Tourism Authority Filed in: 01

Chủ Nhật, 25 tháng 7, 2021

Socio-economic development goals of Vietnam in the period of 2021-2025 | ANT Consulting

On April 14, 2020, the Prime Minister issued Directive 18/2020/CT-TT on Vietnam’s socio-economic development plan for the period of 2021-2025. The Directive summarizes the results achieved during period of 2016-2020 and sets development goals for the period of 2021-2025.

The Directive identifies the results achieved in the period of 2016-2020, along with focusing on analyzing the quality of economic growth, implementing restructuring of each industry, each field and development competitiveness of each region.

In addition, the goal in the period of 2021-2025 is to improve labor productivity, competitiveness, improve business environment, support and develop businesses, create new business environment applying information technology, increase production capacity. Accordingly, set a common goal of achieving the country’s average economic growth rate from 5 years from 2021 to 2025 by about 7%, but agencies and localities depending on the actual situation to make their appropriate growth. In addition, the Directive also clearly stipulates the target of average GDP in this period is 3,200-3,500 USD/person, in which the proportion of industry and services in GDP by the end of the period reaches 85%, the rate of trained labor reaches 65-70%.


Regarding the direction of social development, the Directive plans to complete a number of projects such as the project “Strengthening the capacity of arbitration in resolving trade and investment disputes in service of international integration”, Project “Promoting cashless payment for the period 2016-2020”, Project on “Developing Vietnam’s environmental industry to 2025”, “Project on domestic coordination mechanisms to solve problems environment in Free Trade Agreements (FTA)”.

In addition, the Directive also sets out the goal of promoting the construction of synchronous infrastructure such as transportation, seaports, energy, information and communication technology, urban areas, agriculture, etc. develop urban areas in line with the trend of smart, green, environmentally friendly urban centers, adapting to climate change, focusing on improving urban quality.

With the goals achieved in the period of 2016-2020 and the goals were set in the period of 2021-2025, Vietnam hopes to achieve the socio-economic benefits set out in order to further develop the country, bringing development life to all aspects and bringing Vietnam to compete with other countries in the world.

Thứ Sáu, 23 tháng 7, 2021

Quang Binh Calls for Investment in 48 Projects



According to Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee – Mr Nguyen Huu Hoai, the provincial People’s Committee has just issued a decision to call for investment in 48 projects in the fields of industry, agriculture, tourism, services and trade… in the period from 2018 to 2020.


Accordingly, the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province has approved the list of projects calling for investment with the total capital of more than 50,000 billion VND in the period of 2018 – 2020. The decision was issued by the province on June 5th, listing 48 projects calling for investment with a total land area of 8,000 hectares.

In the above 48 projects, there are 17 projects in the field of tourism, services and trade: including 6 coastal resort projects, 8 ecological resort projects, 3 commercial center projects, with a total investment of over 37,000 billion VND, the land area for the projects is over 1,500 ha. For such projects as tourism complex, coastal resort and ecotourism and resort complex, Quang Binh province has paid special attention to and dedicated the land fund for each project up to hundreds of hectares.

In the field of industry, Quang Binh province has listed 5 projects calling for investment, including: Quang Binh wind power development; Quang Binh solar power development; factory manufacturing and assembling electrical appliances, electronics, telecommunications and industry; factory producing energy saving lighting equipment and factory producing components and assembling cars… with the total investment capital of over 8,000 billion VND.

In addition, Quang Binh province also approved invitations to invest in 8 agricultural projects; 3 projects in the field of health and training; 8 residential and urban infrastructure projects and 5 industrial zone infrastructure projects. These projects are highly valued to attract investors to this locality.

According to the head of the Quang Binh Government, together with the approval of the plan to call for investment in the period 2018 – 2020, Quang Binh province also strengthens the direction of the functional units, localities in the province to urgently build content of project information. Quang Binh province is committed to providing the best support to investors when coming to this locality based on the available resources that Quang Binh is considered to be very rich.

Thứ Tư, 21 tháng 7, 2021

Attraction from Industrial Parks in Phu Yen



Phu Yen is gradually moving its economic structure from a purely agricultural province to industry, tourism and services. In order to achieve this goal, thousands of hectares of industrial parks have been prepared, along with infrastructure investment with full facilities to attract projects and foreign investor to invest in Vietnam and in Phu Yen province.



In May 1974, at the An Phu Industrial Zone in Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen province, the electronic component factory was kicked off, marking the presence of the high-tech industry in Phu Yen. This is the first electronic component factory to be built in Phu Yen, with capacity of 500 million pieces per year, with such main products as RF coils and electromagnets. Total investment for the factory is over 5.7 million USD, 100% of products will be exported. The establishment of a factory in Phu Yen province is part of Coilcraft Corporation’s production development in Asia.


Vice Chairman of Phu Yen People’s Committee welcomed the Coilcraft Corporation for investing in Phu Yen, contributing significantly to the socio-economic development and the industrialization and modernization process of the province. At the same time, it is suggested that the Management Board of Phu Yen Economic Zone and investors continue to have connections and promote the industrial potential of Phu Yen to other investors.

The appearance of electronic component factory invested in An Phu Industrial Park, besides the glass production factories of Hoang Hai Trading Co., Tan Phat Canned Food Joint Stock Company and the project of CCIPY Vietnam limited liability company., as well as bottled water , soft water plants, and seafood processing plants (in Hoa Hiep 1 Industrial Park) of Xin Bang Co., Ltd have made the investment situation in Phu Yen’s industrial zones more diverse and exciting.

Besides implementing the policy of economic restructuring towards industrialization, the Party and Phu Yen authorities have made many appropriate policies in order to mobilize internal resources in the province and attract foreign investment. At the same time, completing investment in infrastructure of approved industrial zones and clusters; promote the efficiency of investment and the role of industrial zones and clusters in economic restructuring of the industry, contributing to the economic restructuring of the province.

Currently, Phu Yen province plans to build industrial parks, attracting hundreds of investment projects. In particular, it is concentrated in Hoa Hiep 1 Industrial Park, Hoa Hiep 2, An Phu, North East Song Cau 1 and North East Song Cau 2.

One of the favorable conditions for the management board of Phu Yen economic zone to carry out the plans of promoting and attracting investment in line with the industries and sectors in the industrial parks. That is Phu Yen Provincial Industrial Development Plan up to 2020, with vision to 2030, which has been approved by the provincial People’s Committee.

The plan identifies groups of industries with priority given to development till 2020 with a vision to 2030, including: processing of agricultural, forest and aquatic products; medicine; textile; products from new technology; software industry and digital content; chemistry; energy; electronic equipment, telecommunications equipment and information technology; mechanical engineering; supporting industry.

New Capital Flows from French Businesses



Opportunities are opening for Vietnam to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from France.


As planned, during the visit to Vietnam of French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (from November 2nd – 4th), in the afternoon of November 2nd, a series of new cooperation agreements were signed between enterprises of the two countries, to promote bilateral trade and investment cooperation. On November 4th, a business forum will also be held in Ho Chi Minh City, attracting the participation of about 200 businesses from Vietnam and France.

These moves are promising to open new opportunities for cooperation between the two countries’ businesses, which are believed to have great potentials and are on the rise. In fact, in March 2018, after a visit to France of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, a series of new cooperation agreements were signed. Among them, there is an agreement between the T&T Group and the Bouygues Group (France) on investment cooperation of the no.3 urban railway project in Hanoi, with total investment estimated at 1.4 billion USD. The two Groups also signed an agreement on the BT contract (build – transfer) of a project to connect Ha Noi with Son Tay town (Nhon – Troi – Phung – Ring road 4 – Son Tay), cooperate to invest and develop the project of upgrading and expanding Hang Day Stadium…

In addition, there are cooperation contracts between Vietnam Airlines with Air France, Tre Viet (Bamboo Airlines) with Airbus…

In fact, there have been more positive trends in French investment into Vietnam since the beginning of this year. According to data released by the Foreign Investment Agency (Ministry of Planning and Investment), in the first 10 months of this year, French businesses have registered to invest 517 million USD in Vietnam.

France currently ranks in the Top 10 countries and territories with large investments in Vietnam, even ranks 1st among European investors have invested in Vietnam since the beginning of this year. If calculated cumulatively, France has invested in Vietnam 3.6 billion USD, surpassed UK.

When Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc was on a trip to Europe, the European Commission (EC) agreed to submit to the European Council for approval to officially sign the European – Vietnam free trade agreement (EVFTA), expected by the end of 2018, then submitted to the European Parliament for approval, scheduled for early 2019. Once this agreement has been formally adopted, a new door to promoting EU – Vietnam trade and investment will be opened. In this context, investment flows from France are also expected to grow strongly.

At the present, most French investment projects in Vietnam are implemented in the early stages of FDI attraction, such as BNP Paribas, Total, Schneider Electric, Renault, Technip…

Recently, some French investors started to increase their investment in Vietnam. Typical is Auchan with plan to invest 500 million USD to open retail system in Vietnam. Or Schneider Electric, with the inauguration of a new factory in Ho Chi Minh City, with 45 million USD investment capital in Phase I in 2017. In addition, Sanofi has 3 factories in Ho Chi Minh City…

Newer names, such as In Vivo and Olmix, are also boosting their investments in agriculture in Vietnam. EDF Group has been licensed to participate in Son My 1 Gas Power Project. In addition, Saint-Gobain is building a factory in Hai Phong city; Veolia, Suez and Vinci are actively pursuing water treatment projects.

Thứ Ba, 20 tháng 7, 2021

Hyosung with Billion Dollars Commitments



In a series of large foreign investors in Vietnam, especially Korean investors, the public often refers only to big names such as LG, Samsung…, but not many people knows that Hyosung has invested billions of dollars in Vietnam.


Few days ago, the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province has officially approved the report on the environmental impact assessment of Hyosung’s cloth curtain factory in Tam Thang Industrial Park. This is an important move for Hyosung to soon receive investment registration certificate as well as to implement the project with expected investment capital of 1.34 billion USD.

In October 2018, Hyosung was awarded by the Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Nam province an investment plan for the project that they have started to pursue since 2015, in order to expand the market in the central region.

If the project of Hyosung in Quang Nam is soon granted investment registration certificate, it is likely that this Korean corporation will become a foreign investor registering to invest up to 2 billion USD projects in Vietnam this year.

By the end of May 2018, Hyosung invested the Polypropylene (PP) manufacturing factory and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage tank in Ba Ria – Vung Tau with investment capital of over 1.2 billion USD. As planned, Hyosung will build a liquefied petroleum gas storage tank with capacity of 240,000 tons in Cai Mep area and use this liquefied petroleum gas to produce polypropylene, ethylene, propylene…

The factory is expected to be built within two years, completed and put into operation by the end of 2020, attracting about 2,000 laborers and contributing to the state budget of about 80 million USD per year.

Thus, this year, Hyosung has committed to invest in Vietnam of more than 2.5 billion USD.

According to Hyosung’s representative, Hyosung has plan to raise investment capital in Vietnam to 6 billion USD and investment fields will include chemical industry, heavy industry and power projects. Hyosung is very interested in power projects in Vietnam, especially the supply of transformers that the Vietnamese market is in great demand.

Like other major Korean corporations, such as Samsung, LG, SK…, Hyosung is gradually turning Vietnam into a major manufacturing base and becoming one of the most attractive investment destinations in the region. If the plan to increase investment capital to 6 billion USD becomes reality, Hyosung will become one of the largest foreign investors in Vietnam.

Da Nang Calling for Investment in 7 Strategic Projects



In the international conference “Investing in Sustainable Urbanization” organized by Danang People’s Committee in collaboration with the regional network of local authorities on human capital management (CityNet), Da Nang has called for investment in 7 strategic projects.


At the workshop, Danang People’s Committee announced the list of 7 projects calling for investment in the form of PPP (public-private partnership): Lien Chieu port; solid waste treatment complex; new railway station and integrated urban area; infrastructure development and technology for non-motorized transport solutions; Da Nang – Hoi An metro; smart city construction and industrial park construction projects.

In particular, the project of Lien Chieu port is calling for investment with the aim of becoming the main wharf of the international gateway to the Central region, accommodating ships up to 100,000 tons. The relocation and construction of Da Nang Railway Station calls for investors to pay attention and implement the project in the form of PPP, which might be through BOT contract.

Da Nang Integrated Urban Renovation Project has a total budget of more than 345 million USD (over 7,900 billion VND). Project on development of vehicles and application of smart traffic management system in the form of ODA or PPP with a total capital of about 3.300 billion VND. The project to build metro connecting Da Nang with Hoi An city (Quang Nam) with a length of 33 km, along the coastal road, this project needs funding from 7,000 to 14,000 billion VND.

According to the Vice Chairman of Danang People’s Committee, sustainable urban development is one of the priorities of the city. Da Nang has set the orientation and guidelines for sustainable development. Since 2014, the city has approved a smarter city plan with priority areas of transportation, water supply, sewerage, food safety and building better city connections. Hence, Da Nang calling for investment in 7 key projects to address sustainable issues related to transport, urban.

Mr Vijay Jagannathan, Secretary General, of CityNet said that the workshop “Investing in Sustainable Urbanization” in Da Nang is seeking financial investment in urban infrastructure in a sustainable manner, overall and resistant to climate change. He also emphasized that infrastructure is a major challenge for urbanization as demand grows. Urban communities depend largely on effective urban planning as well as access to affordable public services.

Thứ Hai, 19 tháng 7, 2021

Wind Power in Vietnam Attracts the Attention of Foreign Investors



Tra Vinh People’s Committee has approved the policy for three investors to implement the Hiep Thanh wind power plant project in the province with a total investment of nearly 3,370 billion VND; of which 20% is contributed by investors, the rest is loan from bank Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg-LBBW, Germany. It shows that Vietnam wind power sector is attracting attention of foreign investors.


The Hiep Thanh wind power plant project will be built on a total area of 2,747 ha in the coastal alluvial land of Hiep Thanh commune, Duyen Hai town (Tra Vinh province) with the design capacity of 78MW, with 18 – 19 wind turbine columns.

Investors implementing the project include Ecotech Vietnam Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company (based in Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi); Janakuasa Pte LTD (Singapore) and Mr Lam Minh (Ba Dinh District, Hanoi). Investors have established Ecotech Tra Vinh Renewable Energy JSC to carry out the project. The duration of the project is 49 years.

According to General Director of Tra Vinh Ecotech Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company, the project was included in the Power Development Plan for Tra Vinh province in the period 2016 – 2025, with a view to 2035, which was approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on May 19th 2016. Currently the project is implementing investment procedures with the aim of putting into operation in the first quarter of 2020.

Sharing about the wind power price, according to leader of Tra Vinh Ecotech Renewable Energy JSC, the price of wind power is currently approved by the Prime Minister under Decision 37/2011/QD-TTg on the mechanism to support the development of wind power projects in Vietnam and take effect from August 20th 2011 is 7.8 cents/kWh.

According to leader of Tra Vinh Ecotech Renewable Energy JSC, Vietnam is the most potential country in ASEAN in recent years and coming years.

However, with the electricity price of 7.8 cents/kWh in this project, it is difficult to arrange capital, but the company is willing to bet on the project because they believe in the development of the Vietnam economy and want to contribute to the development of power plants in Vietnam. Investors also believe that the Government of Vietnam will study and reconsider bring the price of wind power to a more harmonious level, ensuring equality between renewable energy sources.

Hiep Thanh wind power plant is the fourth wind power project which was granted investment policy in Tra Vinh province. Previously, Tra Vinh province has granted investment certificates for 3 wind power projects, with a total designed capacity of 192 MW, in Truong Long Hoa commune (Duyen Hai town) and Dong Hai commune (Duyen Hai district).

These projects are in the stage of implementing appraisal procedures, approving the basic design… to start the construction. These projects are also in the list of projects calling for investment of Tra Vinh province in the period 2016 – 2020.

According to Tra Vinh wind power development plan up to 2020, with a view to 2030, which was approved by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on December 4th 2015, Tra Vinh province has planned 6 wind power projects at 6 coastal mudflats of Duyen Hai district and Duyen Hai town; in which there are 3 plants in Truong Long Hoa commune, 2 plants in Hiep Thanh commune and 1 plant in Dong Hai commune.

By 2020, the total installed capacity is about 270MW, the corresponding wind power is 634 million kWh. By 2030, the installed capacity will be about 1,338 MW. Total investment for wind power grid connected projects by 2020 is about 14,313 billion VND.

The wind power development projects will bring many benefits to the socio-economic development of Tra Vinh province such as increasing the local budget from taxes, increasing the electricity supply to create jobs for local workers; create landscapes to attract tourists.

In order to implement Vietnam’s national energy development strategy up to 2020 with a vision to 2050 (promulgated together with Decision No. 1855/QD-TTg, December 27th 2007), Vietnam strives to increase the ratio of new and renewable energy sources to around 5% of primary commercial energy by 2020 and about 11% by 2050.

According to Decision No 1208/QD-TTg dated July 21st 2011 of the Prime Minister on the approval of the Power Plan VII will bring the total wind power capacity from current level to about 1,000 MW in 2020 and around 6,200 MW by 2030. Electricity produced from wind power accounts for 0.7% in 2020 to 2.4% in 2030.

Vietnam plans to have high tech city built to nurture IT start-up environment



It appears that Vingroup Incorporation is studying the US “Silicon Valley” model to implement VinTech City in Dong Anh (Hanoi). This is the first environment to help nurture the high tech to put into life.

With more than 70 hectares of land in Dong Anh, VinTech City will be fully equipped office buildings, computers and the internet for the companies to start up.


With the target is become a technology corporation in the next 10 years, Vingroup has taken the first steps in this strategy. In particular, the commercial-service field is a financial backbone and provides an ecosystem that supports the research and commercialization of industrial-technology products. The industry segment including automobiles and smart electric- appliances will increase both in terms of production and consumption, towards export.

Technology will be the main driver, and there will be sufficient human resources and infrastructure to research the artificial intelligence, development of new materials and software production.

The plan is to gather high-profile scientists of science and technology as well as foreign experts combined with local researchers. CEO Vingroup said that the corporation has signed with more than 50 universities in the field of science and technology to prepare human resources of 100,000 engineers for the next 10 years.

Vietnam has become attractive to IT development center business ideas and it is expected it will continue to strongly supply high quality programmers to play important role in global IT business.

Chủ Nhật, 18 tháng 7, 2021

Why Asian Investors Prefer Vietnam Real Estate Market?



Profitability of high-end real estate in Vietnam surpasses that of ASEAN countries.

According to Mr Pham Lam, General Director of DKRA Vietnam, in the past 3 – 5 years, Asian investors from Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and China have been active in the Vietnam real estate market. They prefer golden land funds, specializing in high-end and luxury real estate development.


Also according to leaders of DKRA Vietnam, the investment wave of Asian investors will increase in the next few years. The expert also outlines the 7 causes of the trend that Asian investors hunting for golden land to develop high-end real estate projects.

Firstly, Vietnam is a developing real estate market. In emerging markets, there are more investment opportunities than markets that have grown too long (saturation of opportunity). Real estate in many Asian countries are too expensive and the investment at the present time is not attractive in the native country has urged Asian investors poured capital into Vietnam market.

Secondly, Vietnam is a country with political stability, which is considered as the most important factor that is of international concern before entering a new market. The stable political background brings safety for investment yields in the context of global geopolitical fluctuation is increasingly unpredictable.

Third, high-end and luxury real estate in Vietnam, especially Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), is more profitable than ASEAN countries. According to a recent report of some surveyors in the country, high-end real estate in districts 1 and 3 of HCMC have a profitability ratio of more than 4%. In District 2, especially Thao Dien, An Phu and Thu Thiem areas, luxury apartments achieved a profitability rate of 5 – 6.5%.

Meanwhile, the profitability rate of investment in luxury apartments in ASEAN is fluctuating in the range of 3.7 to 5.2% and in Asia, it also has the same threshold. Therefore, luxury real estate in HCMC is considered quite competitive while the price is lower.

Fourth, Vietnam has Asian culture in accordance with the culture of other countries in the area. The similarity or proximity in culture is a very effective bridge in the process of investment promotion, investment cooperation, helping the Asian real estate owners easily access and penetrate the real estate market in Vietnam.

Fifth, Vietnam has a young population and is experiencing a spurt in income, so the demand for housing has increased sharply. The middle class, even the rich and the super-rich, are among the fastest growing groups in the world. This is a remarkable advantage of Vietnam.

With the flagship product of Asian investors, which is high-end real estate, they target rich consumers who are willing to pay for high-value assets with outstanding quality to assert their position.

Sixth, interest rates in the developed real estate markets in the Asia is very low. Interest rate in Japan is 1%, Singapore is 3%, Korea is below 2% and other regions such as Taiwan, Hong Kong is also at a modest level compared to Vietnam. This is the factor attracting the attention of investment funds and major real estate companies in Asia coming to Vietnam. In addition to developing projects with committed profit margin, they also carry out loan deals with better interest rates than in their hometowns.

Seventh, due to the same region, the moving distance between Vietnam and their home country of Asian investors is considered to be faster, more convenient than other continents. Close geography distance helps Asian investors have more opportunities to monitor, check the new market and make important decisions in time, making the most effective investment.


Thứ Sáu, 16 tháng 7, 2021

Coastal Shipping in Vietnam | ANT Consulting

1.Coastal shipping competition

According Maritime Bureau, in 2015, although business activities of coastal shipping enterprise still had some difficulty, the total output reached 118.7 million tons, increasing 9.5% compared to 2014.

A Deputy Director of Vietnam Maritime Bureau, Mr Bui Thien Thu said that domestic shipping had taken charge of 100% of the domestic demand of coastal shipping. The domestic container ships has increased to 39 ships, a total increase of freight load is 200% from 2013 to 2015. The coastal shipping routes has transported 6.1 million tons of cargo including coal, slag, stone, rock, metal, fertilizers, cement, ore, fuel oil …

In 2015, output of goods in Vietnam’s seaport system continues an impressive growth, estimated at 427.3 million tons, rising 14.6%, in which the container reached 12 million TEUs, rising 15.5% compared to 2014.

According to Deputy Director of Bureau Bui Thien Thu, cargo volumes through Vietnam’s seaport system in 2015 in accordance with the approved plan in Decision No. 1037 of the Prime Minister in 2014 was 410 million tons. Thus, the volume outperformed 4.1% in 2015 compared with the initial plan.

However, the goods have been misallocated between different domestic seaports. To resolve this situation, there is a need to improve connectivity transport infrastructure and supporting services to relocate goods in different seaports, while speeding up the relocation of the port on the Saigon River and Ba Son shipyard.



During the year, Vietnam Maritime Bureau has completed the review and adjustment of detailed planning of port group 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, thus managing the system more effectively. The Ministry of Transportation approved this plan.

By 2016, the total output of goods through the port system is estimated to reach 470 million tons (increasing 10% compared to 2015), in which each container is expected to reach 13.3 million, increasing 11% TEUs.

2.Vietnam Government published policy on Coastal Shipping, particular container services

In late May 3/2013, the Ministry of Transport has issued Document No. 128 / TB – BGTVT decision to terminate the operation of foreign fleets in terms of container shipping service in domestic routes, consisting of 20 units with a total tonnage of 500,000 DWT.

The foreign ship owners are not able to disapprove this decision since prioritising domestic fleets is compatible with the Law of the customs, as well as commitments to the world Trade Organization (WTO) on the protection of the members.

From 2013 to 2015, the fleets of Vietnam were given good opportunity to win back market share in terms of the domestic container shipping, which used to belong to the foreign shipping companies (with an estimated value of 1,000 billion / year). There are various container shipping companies gaining loyal leads which ground stable roots for domestic fleets.

Also Vietnam Maritime Bureau in collaboration with Ministry of Transport, Vinalines, Vietnam Ship Owners Association and Vietnamese ship owners operating on domestic routes ensure the limitation of congestion at seaport.

Average freight rates of Vietnamese fleet are offering customer around 5.2 million / 20-foot container for the north – south journey. This price is equivalent to the unit price of the foreign shipping company in 2012.

There have been more Vietnamese fleet being able to operate on domestic routes such as Hai Phong and Cai Lan to HCMC, Ba Ria – Vung Tau and vice again.

3.Vietnam regulations establishing who can and who cannot provide coastal shipping services, particular containers.

To ensure sufficient capacity to meet the demand for domestic container market, in addition to 30 domestic container shipping companies, Vietnam Maritime Bureau has also allowed 8 foreign fleets owned by Vietnamese enterprises to operate on domestic routes.

The biggest difficulty for domestic container shipping companies is that market has not completely recovered. Currently the container shipping companies from the South to the North reach approximately 80% of capacity, while the reverse route only reaches 50% capacity.



In long term, this policy has enabled the Vietnamese fleet to gradually recover from difficult period when all the domestic container shipping belonged to foreign companies.

Thứ Năm, 15 tháng 7, 2021

Hotel Business in Danang, Great Opportunity for Investors | ANT Consulting

According to the Department of Tourism of Danang City, the number of tourists to Da Nang in the first 6 months of 2018 reached 4 million visitors including domestic and international ones. Currently, the city has more than 700 accommodation establishments with more than 32,000 rooms and continues to increase rapidly to meet the demand of the tourists in the future.



The number of accommodation establishments in Danang has increased by at least 10%/year to meet the growing demand of tourists. Small-scale hotels (1-2 stars), spontaneously do not get the desired profit, due to the lack of management and facilities to meet the requirements of customers. However, the medium and large accommodation (3-5 stars) is extremely attractive to tourists, because of the convenience, as well as the appropriate management, along with the services that cater to the needs of the client’s holiday, even in the season which is not the tourist season these hotels are also out of rooms.

Today, with many policies of the city to attract investment in Da Nang to set up company and business destination and building Danang to become the tourist attraction of the country, the hotel business has become a great opportunity to develop. However, in order to attract profits in the hotel business, investors need to understand the demands of customers, select the scale and how to manage effectively. In addition, now with many methods of advertising, Internet booking support, hotel management software, … will make business easier, customers and hotels can meet easily, therefore they will bring profits in the business.

At the same time, many investors are doing business in the form of condotel, combined staying with leasing, this will help investors not only make a profit in investing in the resort hotel sector but also help investors or their friends and relatives of their rest in their own room when traveling in Danang.

For many foreign investors, investing in the hotel in Da Nang is a suitable option to seek profits. Taking the opportunity and investment at this time will help investors build the reputation for customers and bring long-term benefits in the future.

Thứ Tư, 14 tháng 7, 2021

Foreign Direct Investment from CPTPP | ANT Consulting

Still familiar investors, but with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) expected to come into effect by the end of 2018 and approved by the National Assembly on November 12th, there will be a greater and more quality flow of capital poured into Vietnam.

Two of the large foreign direct investment (FDI) projects registered to invest in Vietnam since the beginning of the year are owned by investors from 11 CPTPP countries. It is the 4.138 billion USD Smart City project of the joint venture between Sumitomo (Japan) and BRG (Vietnam), or the Laguna project register to increase the investment capital by 1.12 billion USD from Banyan Tree (Singapore).

There are also several projects such as Hanbaram Wind Power Plant (150 million USD), Ramatex Nam Dinh Textile and Apparel Factory (80 million USD) of Singaporean investor, Ykk Ha Nam Ykk factory project (80 million USD) of Japanese investors…



In fact, without CPTPP, investment capital from Japan, Singapore, Malaysia… still poured into Vietnam. They are the leading investment partners of Vietnam in the last three decades of FDI attraction.

According to data from the Foreign Investment Agency (Ministry of Planning and Investment), accumulated up to now, Japanese investors have invested in Vietnam over 56.2 billion USD, this figure of Singaporean investors is 46.2 billion USD, Malaysia is 12.5 billion USD, Canada is 5 billion USD, Australia is nearly 1.86 billion USD, Brunei is more than 1 billion USD…

Currently, out of 11 CPTPP members, all members have invested in Vietnam, except Peru. In total, the CPTPP members have invested in Vietnam of about 123 billion USD, accounting for nearly 37% of total registered FDI in Vietnam over the last 3 decades. This is not a small figure, indicating that the investment of CPTPP members is very significant for Vietnam’s FDI attraction.

The CPTTP will create favorable conditions for Vietnam to attract investment capital from other member countries, especially those countries that do not have FTA agreements with Vietnam, such as Canada and Mexico. The reason is that, this agreement will promote trade cooperation, in which trade is associated with investment. On the other hand, this is also an opportunity for Vietnamese enterprises, especially large corporations, to seek investment markets in other member countries.

Moreover, once the plans to invite Thailand, Korea and the UK join the CPTPP successfully, the opportunities for trade and investment cooperation in the region will be even greater. That will bring more benefits to Vietnam.

Thứ Ba, 13 tháng 7, 2021

Vietnam – Singapore Industrial Park Company Limited (VSIP) Surveyed Investment in Quang Tri | ANT Consulting

Chairman of Quang Tri Provincial People’s Committee, Mr Nguyen Duc Chinh just had a meeting with the delegation of Vietnam – Singapore Industrial Park Limited Company (VSIP) led by Mr Anthony Tan, Deputy General Director of VSIP, representing VSIP (Singapore) – Amata (Thailand) – Sumitomo (Japan) as the leader.


On this occasion, Mr Anthony Tan, Deputy General Director of VSIP informed the leaders of Quang Tri province about the project of developing industrial parks and urban areas in VSIP at Quang Tri. According to representative of VSIP, currently the joint venture of investors VSIP – Sumitomo – Amata has selected contractors to survey the terrain and geology of the regions and soon have results to report to the Provincial People’s Committee.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Chairman of Quang Tri Provincial People’s Committee thanked the delegation of VSIP – Sumitomo – Amata Joint Venture investors for visiting Quang Tri province. At the same time, in 2019, Quang Tri province will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the re-establishment of the province. Therefore, the provincial leaders have directed the branches and authorities to make efforts to work together with investors to start or inaugurate projects to celebrate this important event.

Regarding the investment plan for the infrastructure development project of industrial parks and urban areas in Quang Tri, Chairman of Quang Tri provincial People’s Committee wishes that the join venture of VSIP (Singapore) – Amata (Thailand) – Sumitomo (Japan Version) makes more efforts to start the project as soon as possible.

Chủ Nhật, 11 tháng 7, 2021

Quang Nam promotes and attracts foreign investment in 2021| ANT Consulting

Earlier in 2021, the representative of Quang Nam province proposed the province’s investment promotion program in 2021. Accordingly, the objective of Quang Nam province is to promote investment promotion in the following fields: supporting industries; agro-forestry-fishery processing industry, building materials; agricultural production towards high efficiency; field of investment, construction and business of infrastructure of industrial zones, industrial zones, airport infrastructure, seaports, urban transport infrastructure.

In the industrial structure, focus on investment promotion projects in supporting industries for mechanical engineering, automobiles, supporting industries for electricity, electronics and textiles – footwear, processing of products which use the local material.

The representative of Quang Nam province committed to promoting the improvement of the investment environment, administrative reform, and improving the efficiency of investment promotion. Quang Nam recognized the importance of investment promotion on the spot through increasing support for projects that have been licensed for investment; directly working with investors to determine the portfolio of projects to expand production and business in accordance with the capacity of the investor and the potential and strength of the province. The province also focuses on dialogue activities with businesses and investors to promptly solve difficulties, problems, proposals and recommendations of investors.

However, Quang Nam will resolutely refuse to attract projects with high risk of causing environmental pollution, wasteful exploitation of resources, outdated technology, etc.

In addition, Quang Nam will cooperate with research institutes, domestic and foreign investment consulting companies to conduct research activities, evaluate investment potentials and trends of investment partners. foreign countries such as Japan, Korea, the US, Europe… and large domestic enterprises and investors. Also, the province intends to organize overseas investment promotion in the target markets of the following countries: Japan, Korea, Russia, Dubai, Hong Kong, Taiwan… Continue to review, update and build the list project calling for investment in Quang Nam province. In particular, it will review the status of projects that have been implemented, projects that have had an investor or issued an investment policy but are slow to implement, projects that have had their investment registration certificates revoked, collected land recovery … to avoid the situation of “hanging” projects, attracting and calling for qualified investors to implement the project.



According to statistics from the Department of Planning and Investment of Quang Nam province, in 2020, the province has granted 50 new domestic projects with a total investment of VND 8,140 billion. Regarding foreign investment projects (FDI), in 2020, Quang Nam province has granted 7 new foreign investment projects, with a total registered investment capital of more than USD 33 million by investors from the following countries: Korea, China, Singapore, Macau, Hong Kong, France, Germany.

The total number of valid projects in the province so far is 197 projects with a total investment of more than USD 5.93 billion.With efforts to attract FDI, Quang Nam hopes to be an investment destination for domestic and foreign investors to set up companies, to contribute to the province’s socio-economic development and to maximize profits for investors. fourth in the future.

Thứ Sáu, 9 tháng 7, 2021

Vietnam Expects to Attract High Quality Capital Flow from Sweden | ANT Consulting

The interest of Swedish investors is opening the future for a new wave of investment from this country to invest in Vietnam.

Although being one of the earliest investor communities present in Vietnam, it is not until recent years that the names of enterprises from Sweden really caught the attention.

If before, when talking about Swedish investment, one could know ABB Group, a corporation established in Vietnam since 1993, which has a factory and focuses on 4 main areas which are electrical products, robotization, automatic technology and power grid. Or another case is Electrolux, Ericsson…

Now, with the rapid opening of the domestic market, the brands from Sweden have become more and more familiar. Referring to Sweden, consumers can now spot famous and familiar brands such as Skype voice and messaging software, H&M fashion brands, IKEA furniture, and Tetra Park in the industrial sector with milk and soft drinks packaging products…

And it is impossible not to mention a brand that is considered a symbol of this country, which is the luxury car brand Volvo. Only started to enter the market of imported luxury cars in Vietnam in recent years, but this brand has quickly attracted the great attention of the middle class in the country.



According to the Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam, Volvo is a symbol, or an important milestone in the promising relationship between Sweden and Vietnam. Although trade or investment turnover between the two countries is still modest, it still increases steadily, similar to the interest of Swedish enterprises for investment and production in Vietnam.

The rapid increase in brands or capital inflows from this Nordic country is even more apparent when looking at statistics.

If the third quarter of 2017, accumulated investment from Sweden into Vietnam only reached over 100 million USD, with Tetra Pak’s new factory with scale of 110 million USD, this capital doubled at the end of the year. Until now, after only one and a half years, this investment has reached 365 million USD, an increase of 3.5 times.

It can be seen that the investment picture of Sweden has changed dramatically and along with that, Vietnam is becoming more and more attractive in the eyes of this nation’s investors and businesses.

The presence of hundreds of large enterprises and leaders of the two countries, the presence of Victoria’s successor Princess, Prince Daniel, Royal Swedish representative at the Vietnam – Sweden Business Summit was held on May 7th 2019 is the clearest evidence for the potential for cooperation in investment and trade between the two countries.

The event was evaluated as a great opportunity for representatives of the top businesses and leaders of the two countries to exchange views, ideas, experiences and share best practices towards mutual benefits.

Speaking at the Conference, the Swedish Minister of Foreign Trade acknowledged there are many reasons to look for current trade and business opportunities in Vietnam, such as high economic growth, the growing middle class, the market opens through many free trade agreements, dynamic business ecosystems…

It is easy to see that Sweden’s investment has increased rapidly over the past time, but has focused heavily on the consumer sector. Therefore, with the appearance of 50 leading Swedish enterprises this time, Swedish capital will join more strongly in Vietnam in the fields of health, transportation, green production and start-up.

Vietnam is starting to embrace a new wave of investment in high-tech fields, areas of high added value and innovation.

Thứ Tư, 7 tháng 7, 2021

Czech Republic Wants to Promote Investment Cooperation with Vietnam | ANT Consulting

The traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic have been constantly being promoted and promoted by the two countries’ people. Today Vietnam is still a familiar destination for Czech businesses to set up business in Vietnam.

At the Czech-Vietnamese Business Conference recently held in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic – Mr Vladimir Bartl said that Vietnam is increasingly attracting investment from abroad, including the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic wishes to promote cooperation and investment between the two countries’ businesses in the areas such as environmental protection, mining technology, construction technology, chemicals, telecommunications, radar, industrial machinery and agriculture, especially biotechnology and nanotechnology.



On the Vietnamese side, the Vice President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) said that the economic and trade development between the two countries is based on three main features.

First, in terms of bilateral relations, trade exchange between the two countries have a stable growth and strong development. The potential investment cooperation areas between the Czech Republic and Vietnam are agricultural products, textiles, machinery and equipment, hospital medical equipment, energy and information technology.

Second is multilateral relations, Vietnam is now an important gateway to trade in ASEAN, the market with over 600 million people. The Czech businesses will have to prepare investment plans, not only with the Vietnam market with more than 90 million consumers but also to deepen access to the ASEAN market.

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic is the gateway for goods to enter the European Union (EU). Especially when the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect, it will facilitate Vietnamese products entering the European market.

Finally, the cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic is always given priority by the business community and the two Governments. The sixth session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Vietnam – Czech Republic is taking place in Hanoi, with the presence of many businesses of the two countries, especially the presence of Mr Vladimir Bartl has demonstrated this special relationship

Quang Ninh Is About to Receive 40 Million USD of FDI From Korean Investors | ANT Consulting

Recently, Chairman of Bumjin Electronic Company from Korea had a meeting with Chairman of Quang Ninh People’s Committee on the implementation of the project in Quang Yen town.

Accordingly, the Company is preparing to deploy the investment project to build audio equipment factory in Dong Mai Industrial Park, Quang Yen Town, Quang Ninh Province with a total investment of 40 million USD. It is expected that the project will be started construction and go into production in December 2019.


Chairman of Quang Ninh People’s Committee affirmed that the investment project of Bumjin Electronic Company is the area that Quang Ninh province is prioritizing to attract investment. To ensure on time schedule that the company has set, Quang Ninh province confirmed to provide maximum support during project implementation.

He also shared with investors that Quang Ninh province is proposing the Government to allow the establishment of Quang Yen coastal economic zone with better preferential policies. At the same time, Chairman of Quang Ninh People’s Committee expressed his desire that besides the project implementation, Bumjin Electronic Company will become a bridge to connect Quang Ninh and Korean investors, contributing to promote investment activities of Korean businesses in Quang Ninh in the future.

Thứ Ba, 6 tháng 7, 2021

Da Nang promotes the development of Science and Technology | ANT Consulting

According to a report by the Ministry of Science and Technology, in 2019, the Science and Technology industry has achieved GDP growth of 46.11% and the labor productivity growth rate of 6.2%, these are achievements of Science and Technology of Vietnam in 2019. To continue the development of Science and Technology, Da Nang has set a goal of developing science and technology, focusing on the goal of improving the capacity of innovation by attracted the domestic and foreign investors to set up company in this fields in Da Nang.

In recent years, with efforts in Science and Technology development, Vietnam has achieved certain achievements in the fight against epidemics and bringing the economy back to stability. At the same time, Science and Technology achievements have been flexibly applied, promoting the basis of the digitized Vietnamese knowledge system in developing epidemic maps using Vmap, detecting people at risk of infection at tourist destinations, construction of medical declaration software. In the meantime, Vietnam has been effectively mobilizing science and technology representative networks in countries to connect research groups, exchange and test equipment, technologies and products for prevention and control of epidemic; promote public-private cooperation in conducting research tasks.

In addition, according to the content of Resolution No. 50/NQ-CP dated April 17, 2020 on the Government’s action plan to implement Resolution No. 52-NQ/TW dated September 27, 2019 of the Politburo on number of guidelines and policies actively participated in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Prime Minister has issued the policies to improve national innovation capacity.


In particular, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Science and Technology to conduct research, review and propose a comprehensive restructuring plan for the system of public scientific and technological research facilities. Building and developing national innovation centers, focusing on the key technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Developing a national innovation system in the direction of being enterprise is the centered, higher education institutions and research institutes as strong research subjects. At the same time, assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with units in joint research and development, propose special and breakthrough mechanisms and policies for the construction and operation of innovation centers. Beside, Vietnam has encouraged domestic and foreign universities, businesses and organizations to set up innovation centers in Vietnam.

In Da Nang City, the Department of Science and Technology issued Plan No. 28-KH/SKHCN dated May 12, 2020, focusing on the content of improving the capacity of innovation.

In the coming time, the city Department of Science and Technology will deploy 23 contents on the topic of innovation. In which, 03 contents are implemented in the period of 2020 to 2025 and 16 contents are implemented annually.

In the period of 2020 to 2025, the Department will coordinate with the Ministry of Science and Technology to promote the development of national creative start-up ecosystem to strongly develop startups in the city.

In addition, the Department will advise the implementation of the Projects to build Da Nang into a national innovation and innovation start-up center in the Central region and Highlands of Vietnam. In particular, in the immediate future, the city will focus on building and deploying activities of innovation centers, focusing on the core technologies of the Fourth Technology Revolution. The City People’s Committee issued a plan to implement the City’s Program on “Developing high-tech industry, building Da Nang into a national-level startup, innovation and innovation center, as an urban area in creativity – science – technology of the global and highly competitive”, and plan to implement the Project” Supporting national innovation start-up ecosystem to 2025″ in the Da Nang city.

With the efforts of Science and Technology development with the city’s FDI attraction goals, Da Nang hopes that it will become a destination for Science and Technology investors to set up company doing business in Vietnam.