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Speaking at the Vietnam Development Bridge Forum 2026 this afternoon, May 13, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang emphasized that new generation FDI not only comes to Vietnam to produce and exploit the market, but also needs to join Vietnam in creating new values, new capabilities and new positions in the global value chain. Download Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang spoke at the Forum - Photo: VGP/Duc TuanThis is the 6th time the Vietnam Development Bridge Forum has been held, with the theme Foreign-invested economy and domestic private economy: Joining forces to create sustainable growth in the new period. More than 46,500 FDI projects are contributing over 20% of GDP and about 70% of export turnover. The Forum was attended by the Deputy Prime Minister. General Nguyen Van Thang along with leaders of the Central Policy and Strategy Committee, leaders of ministries, branches, committees of the National Assembly, representatives of leaders of provinces and cities in the northern region and more than 300 leaders of investment promotion and foreign trade associations, corporations, FDI enterprises and industry associations, domestic business groups and many economic experts. The delegates focused on discussing two main groups of issues. Firstly, evaluate the opportunities and ability to successfully attract new generation foreign investment capital, especially in the fields that Vietnam is prioritizing. Second, groups of solutions aim to promote efficiency and spread the value of the foreign-invested economic sector to the domestic sector, implement technology transfer commitments, increase the localization rate and participation of Vietnamese enterprises in the global value chain. Download More than 300 leaders of investment promotion and foreign trade associations, corporations, FDI enterprises and industry associations, domestic business groups and many economic experts attended the Forum - Photo: VGP/Duc TuanSpeaking at the Forum, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang assessed that the Forums topic is particularly important in the context that Vietnam is entering a new stage of development with requirements for higher, higher quality and sustainable growth. more resilient and more resilient to regional and global impacts. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang respectfully expressed his gratitude for the participation, companionship and valuable contributions of the business community, investors, domestic and international associations to Vietnams development during the past time. Deputy Prime Minister stated clearly that the world is entering a period of profound transformation with rapid, complex and unpredictable changes. Strategic competition between major countries is increasing. Trends in supply chain restructuring, green transformation, digital transformation, development of artificial intelligence, semiconductors, data and strategic technology are fundamentally changing the way global economic competition and cooperation occurs. In that context, competition to attract international investment has also changed dramatically. If in the past the main advantage was low labor costs and investment incentives, now investors are more interested in institutional quality, policy stability, strategic infrastructure, high-quality human resources, green energy, data infrastructure, innovation capacity and stable reliability of the investment environment. Download Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang: In the context of a decline in global FDI capital flows in many regions, Vietnam continues to maintain its position in the group of countries that attract leading FDI in ASEAN - Photo: VGP/Duc TuanFor Vietnam, this is both a challenge and a huge opportunity to reposition its role in the regional and global value chain, transform and renew the growth driver based on the application of science and technology, innovation, digital transformation, and transformation. green change and private economic development, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang said. Deputy Prime Minister said the foreign investment sector is an important bright spot of the Vietnamese economy. To date, Vietnam has more than 46,500 valid FDI projects with a total registered capital of more than 543 billion USD. Accumulated realized capital reached about 357.6 billion USD. The FDI sector currently contributes over 20% of GDP, about 70% of export turnover and creates jobs for millions of workers. In the context of a decline in global FDI capital flows in many regions, Vietnam continues to maintain its position in the group of countries attracting top FDI in ASEAN. Download Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang emphasized Vietnams consistent view of always considering the foreign-invested economic sector as an important and indispensable part of the national economy - Photo: VGP/Duc TuanAccording to the Deputy Prime Minister, this reflects the confidence of the international business community in the prospects of stable socio-political development and business investment environment of Vietnam. Especially in recent years, Vietnam has been the location to record the presence and investment expansion of many large corporations in the fields of electronics, semiconductors, high technology, energy, logistics, finance, innovation and modern services. Thereby contributing to the formation of new production ecosystems and supply chains in Vietnam. However, besides the results achieved, the Deputy Prime Minister said that the qualityThe quality and effectiveness of linkages between the FDI sector and the domestic economic sector have not yet reached expectations. Many Vietnamese enterprises still participate in the low value-added segment, and the localization rate in some industries is still limited. The absorptive capacity of domestic enterprises has not yet kept up with the requirements of the global supply chain. Up to now, Vietnam has achieved positive results by attracting a lot of investment capital, but the requirement
