Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City listed as foreign investment magnets

Vietnam received an estimated $18.1 billion in new FDI pledges from January to November this year. Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi have been ranked 10th and 17th respectively out of the top 25 emerging market cities on the fDi 2016/17 Global Cities of the Future listing, a global investment service provided by the Financial Times. Chinese cities dominated the ranking with Shanghai and Beijing claiming the top two places. Thailand’s Bangkok was the other Southeast Asian city named on the list, placed above Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi in 9th. In the top 25 overall ranking, which included emerging and developed countries, Singapore kept its position at the top of the table as the Global City of the Future 2016/17, with London holding strong in second place and Dublin displacing Hong Kong to rank third. The ASEAN Investment Report 2016 showed that Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) recorded a combined 38 percent jump in FDI inflows to $17.4 billion last year from the year before. Their share as recipients of the investment flowing into the region rose from 10 percent in 2014 to 14 percent in 2015. Leading the CLMV group, Vietnam attracted FDI inflows of $11.8… Read full this story

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