The Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) launched the Vietnam Industry Investor Survey 2010 in Hanoi on October 19.
Surveys will be conducted in the nine cities and provinces in Vietnam where most foreign direct investment and domestic enterprises are located.
The sample surveys will be carried out at 1,644 manufacturing, utility and construction enterprises randomly selected from Hanoi city, Hai Phong city, Vinh Phuc, Bac Ninh, Da Nang city, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong and Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
The survey findings will be consolidated on the web-based interactive “Vietnam Investment Monitoring Platform” which allows relevant enterprises and individuals to make enquiries to better understand the characteristics of Vietnam’s investment environment.
Do Nhat Hoang, General Director of FIA emphasised that through the programme, enterprises would have the opportunity to get free access to business partners, suppliers and potential customers who have been taking part in the UNIDO international network of Investment and Technology Promotion Offices.
According to a representative of UNIDO, the survey will help policy makers generate systematic evidence in assessing the impact of foreign investment sector on the development of Vietnamese economy, especially in the industry sector.
The survey also provides an analysis of the dynamics of enterprises’ performance and enhances the State institutions’s capacity in investment promotion and investment climate improvement.
Over the next two years, similar surveys will focus more broadly on other sectors of the economy, aiming to design more efficient policies in investment attraction through MPI./.