Vietnam Foreign Investment Update: October 2023

This is the first edition of Access Asia Group’s monthly foreign investment bulletin for Vietnam. We aim to provide a monthly recap of pertinent news, updates and insights to share with our clients and other interested readers as the country ushers in a new period of investment and development following the prolonged Covid-19 pandemic. Consistently among the top performing economies in the world, Vietnam is currently seeing a notable increase of investment from multinational companies diversifying their supply chains outside of China, including tech giants Apple, Intel and Samsung. Meanwhile, strong domestic consumption and a resurgence of the tourism and […]

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SEZs in ASEAN: Opportunities for US Investors

As multinationals look to diversify their supply chains and manufacturing facilities out of China, foreign investment in ASEAN is expected to accelerate. The industrial real estate sector should see strong growth across the region, particularly in Vietnam, where the supply of ready-built factories and warehouses is expected to increase by over 25 percent this year.

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Indonesia Economic Update

Indonesia confirmed its first Covid-19 case on March 2 and now has the highest fatality toll from the disease in Southeast Asia – and second only to China in Asia – meaning the country now faces its biggest political and economic challenge since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.

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