The RoK is currently Vietnam’s biggest foreign investor, its second-largest source of tourists and ODA provider, and its third-largest trading partner and labour market. Two-way trade reached 89.5 billion USD in 2025, while cumulative Korean investment hit 98.9 billion USD in 10,447 projects as of March 2026.
In 2026, Vietnam’s Investment Law and related policies are set for a new round of revisions, expected to reshape the investment landscape and business models.
Under the proposal, the rollout would take place in two phases. The first would involve a pilot listing in the domestic market with physical transactions. In the second phase, after operations stabilise, the exchange could be linked with regional and international commodity exchanges.
The Party, State, National Assembly, and Government of Vietnam always support and create a favourable legal framework for investment, production, and business activities of enterprises from the Republic of Korea (RoK), including the Samsung Group, NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man said while receiving General Director of Samsung Vietnam Choi Joo Ho in Hanoi on December 12.
Leaders of Abu Dhabi Ports Group and Sirius International Holding of International Holdings Company (IHC) expressed their desires to explore investment opportunities in seaport, logistics and smart cities development in Vietnam during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Dubai on December 2.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that ministries, sectors, and localities focus on carrying out tasks and solutions aimed at removing difficulties for production and business activities, while simultaneously promoting three growth drivers, including exports, investment, and consumption.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that Vietnam and Canada strive to further promote trade and investment ties in order to elevate their bilateral trade turnover to US$10 billion in the near future.
Investors tend to target real estate with real value. Products with value of below VND1.5 billion will be the most chosen.
PSNews - According to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the foreign investment inflows into Vietnam will likely reach US$36-38 billion in 2023.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on January 12 called on the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) of the US to encourage its member enterprises to increase investment in Vietnam.
National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue encouraged New Zealand businesses to expand investment in Vietnam, while receiving leaders of Viet River Holdings, Fiso Investment, Fonterra, Re/Max and VietTechNZ, in Auckland city on December 4.
The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Da Nang held a seminar on investment, smart city and digital transformation on November 25.
Ensuring a fair, transparent and efficient international trading system is crucial in a global “playground”, stated President Nguyen Xuan Phuc while highlighting major requirements/characteristics of trade and investment activities in the new period.
Lotte expects to receive additional Vietnamese support and favourable conditions to undertake its long-term investment projects in the country, Shin Dong-bin, chairman of Lotte Holdings Co. Ltd. at a meeting with State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 31.
The initial six months of the year saw public investment disbursement only met 27.86% of the annual plan, a figure even lower than the 29.02% recorded in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).
PSNews - The majority of German companies are upbeat about the prospect of doing business in Vietnam with many expressing an intention to maintain investment in the country.
PSNews - As of May 20, Vietnam has got involved in 1,555 operational projects overseas, with a total investment of US$21.6 billion, mainly in the mining and agro-forestry-fishery sectors.
Investors from the United States look set to inject additional capital into several multibillion-dollar projects in Vietnam in the near future, according to insiders.
Vietnamese businesses increased their investment into the United States in the first quarter of this year, turning it into an attractive investment destination.
US President Joe Biden has welcomed a VinFast invested project to build its first factory in North Carolina as part of the Vietnamese firm’s investment strategy to expand operations in the United States