Moscow, Nov. 3 -- With the establishment of the Vietnam International Financial Centre (VIFC) in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, Vietnam hopes to accelerate financial cooperation with international investors by setting special conditions for working with Vietnamese assets, according to an article published on Russia's Geofor Analytics on November 2.

The article said the case for VIFC stems from the country's need for capital in infrastructure, energy, industry and the digital economy. Realised foreign direct investment (FDI) hit 21.07 billion USD in the first nine months of 2026, up 12.1% year-on-year, while the registered figure totalled 50.36 billion USD. The World Bank puts Vietnam's sustainable development funding need at about 25 bill...