Hanoi, July 9 -- In his recent interview with VGP, Barnsley noted that over four decades of Doi Moi, Viet Nam has successfully leveraged foreign investment and exports to transform its economy. That approach delivered remarkable results, with the foreign-invested sector now accounting for around three-quarters of the country's export value.
In 2025 alone, disbursed FDI reached a five-year high of US$27.6 billion, while total trade climbed to a record US$928 billion, up 18 percent year-on-year, according to HSBC research.
To avoid the middle-income trap, Viet Nam now needs to capture more value domestically rather than remain primarily an assembly hub. Resolution No. 10 therefore changes the central question from "how much" FDI Viet Nam at...