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CHAPTER 5.
FDI POLICIES OF THE HOST
COUNTRY
Required materials
• Phung Xuan Nha, Điều chỉnh chính sách đầu tư nước ngoài ở Việt Nam,
NXB ĐHQGHN, 2010, Chương 1, tr. 11-23.
• Phung Xuan Nha, 2001, International Investment, (Đầu tư quốc tế).
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• Kavaljit Singh, 2007, Why international investment matters?
• Vietnam’s Investment Law, 2005.
• UNCTAD, WIR 2006, pp. 219-228, Host country’s FDI policy
• UNCTAD, WIR 2007, pp.157-182
• UNCTAD, WIR 2008, 10-20
• UNCTAD, WIR 2010
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Definition
• FDI policy is an integral part of a nation’s economic development
policy made out to regulate FDI activities in order to achieve goals
of economic-social development of the nation in a specific period.
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policies
• Foreign exchange control
• Project screening and management
• Other guarantees
measures
• MNC operation regulation
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domestic investors
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In-class working
- Find corporate income tax/ personnel income tax in ASEAN
countries
- Tax incentives for foreign investors in Korea and some ASEAN
Countries.
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FDI incentives
n Used by almost all countries
n Financial incentives in OECD; fiscal incentives in developing countries
n Probably becoming more important for corporate decision-making…
n WTO membership makes other policies more similar across countries
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n Conditions
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n Project management
n Troublesome and impediments caused by multiple level check
and control
n Treatment of arising issues/problems/disputes
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Other policies
n Technology transfer
n Environment protection
n Import of Machine and equipment
n Land use and site clearance
n Labor relationship, customs, immigration, resident…
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Investment promotions
n Financial and fiscal incentives
n Location-related marketing
n Hard/solf infrastructure improvement
n Human resource development
n Take care of FDI projetcs after issueing investment liciense.
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Upgrading infrastructure
n Hard infrastructure
n Transportations, electricity, water supply, communication system
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n Fee levels equally treated between domestic and foreign
investors.
n Soft infrastructure
n Finance and banking system
n Labor quality
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