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Some Reflections on Foreign Direct Investment Flows and the Viet Nam¡¯s Economy

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  • Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi
  • Arfan Shahzad
  • Dawood Ali M. Mithani
  • Faudziah Hanim Bt Fadzil
  • Abd Ghani B Golamdin

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This paper examined the comparative trend and pattern of foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in Vietnam over the period (2001-2011) in the ASEAN setting. Astonishingly, the period study has detected a declining trend of FDI inflows in Vietnam at the end of the preceding decade and being of the current decade. Together with the Vietnamese other parameters, the business environment is, thus, analyzed for a better perception and galvanizing ideas for policy diagnosis in the future course of direction of the FDI into the country. Moreover, for a better regional contribution, a formation of VCLT-DS (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Development Square) similar to the IMT-GT (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand Growth Triangle) is suggested for the consideration of the concerned political authorities.

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  • Abdullah Kaid Al-Swidi & Arfan Shahzad & Dawood Ali M. Mithani & Faudziah Hanim Bt Fadzil & Abd Ghani B Golamdin, 2012. "Some Reflections on Foreign Direct Investment Flows and the Viet Nam¡¯s Economy," Business and Economic Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 2(2), pages 136-155, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:mth:ber888:v:2:y:2012:i:2:p:136-155
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    Keywords

    Foreign Direct Investment; ASEAN; Viet Nam; Transnationality; Performance Index; Potential Index.;
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    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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