KIZUNA Weekly Highlights – 2nd week of August 2019
How bad is the trade war? This week will provide some clues
The trade fight between the United States and China is getting worse. This week, investors could get a reality check on what that means for economies and companies.
Factory for lease with a good location is important
If cost is considered the sufficiency factor to make choice about the factory for lease, then its location is considered the necessity one to make the decision. So, how to choose the location of the factory for lease to create a competitive advantage in business?
Foreign investment in Vietnam 2015
Generally in 12 months of 2015, total newly registered and increased capital is 22.757 billion USD, up 12.5% compared with the same period of 2014.
[ECONOMY] Beer market in Vietnam 2016
In 2012, Vietnam became the top beer-drinking nation in ASEAN. People do love their beers over any other alcoholic beverages here. They consumed almost 3.4 billion liters, which is about 900 million gallons in 2015. According to WSJ, “Per capita consumption doubled between 2005 and 2011, thanks to Vietnam’s booming economy.” And these numbers are continuing to grow with an aggressive rate.
Vietnamese market of electrical equipment manufacturing
In the process of industrialization – modernization, the electrical industry is becoming a top concern of many countries, especially for developing countries like Vietnam. With huge domestic and foreign consumption potential, this industry has a great road map and opportunities for development. However, besides the opportunities, there are still many difficulties that cannot be overcome immediately. So what are the difficulties in the industry of electrical equipment manufacturing? What have businesses done to overcome those difficulties? And what opportunities are waiting for investors? Let’s find out through the article below.
Potentials for development of paper packaging industry in Vietnam
As the consumption of items such as packaged foods, bottled beverages and cosmetics is increasing over time, packaging products have been increased accordingly. Now rather than simply a container for products, packaging becomes the face of brands and manufacturers to help bring their products to consumers faster. Therefore, the more prominent and eye-catching packaging, the greater attention can be paid by consumers. Catching up that mentality, many brands did not hesitate to innovate and create their packaging designs to bring fresh feeling and to stimulate the demand of customers. Among the types of packaging designed and developed recently, paper packaging is the most popular product in Vietnam as well as in other countries in the world.
(Q1-2017) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Vietnam
In the first quarter of 2017, Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam is US$ 7.71 billion, up by 77.6% compared to the same period last year (Foreign Investment Department, 2017). As of March 20, 2017, 493 new projects were granted investment certificates with a total registered capital of US$ 2.917 billion, rose by 6.5% over the same period of 2016. Besides, there were 223 projects registered to increase investment capital with total registered capital increased US$ 3.94 billion representing a 206% year-on-year rise. Let’s find out more about the proportion of investment industries, investment partners by country and investment capital sorted by provinces/cities through the below analysis.
Beer investors and useful information
Beer investors in Vietnam – The rapid development of the economy and population growth rate of Vietnam has created an opportunity for the strong growth of FMCG industry, the most prominent is the alcohol industry accounted for 94% of total consumption of Alcoholic beverages and 31% of the total Beverages market.
[ECONOMY] 2016 First Half Year FDI Attracting Updates
First half year of 2016, total registered FDI capital had increased more than 11 billion USD, around 105.4% more than the same period last 2015.
TPP – Chances for foreign investors
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed regional regulatory and investment treaty between twelve countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States, and Vietnam (and two other under negotiation are Taiwan and South Korea) with the goal of establishing a free trade area with a population of 800 million, accounting for 30% of global trade and nearly 40% of the world economy.