The Covid-19 outbreak since the end of 2019 has caused far-reaching impacts on all sectors around the world including severe economic crisis. Southeast Asia is no exception. Myanmar is facing a dual crisis because of Covid-19 and political instability. Thailand’s post-Covid economic recovery plan may continue to be delayed in the event of the 3rd Covid-19 outbreak.

On the contrary, until recently it can be said that Vietnam has temporarily limited the impact of Covid-19, become the first country in ASEAN to start easing social distancing measures, implementing economic recovery and a favourable destination for many foreign investors. According to recently published East Asia and Pacific Economic Report by World Bank in April 2020, Vietnam’s economy is recovering in a V-shape with output exceeding pre-pandemic levels. According to the Government press conference at the end of 2020, Vietnam is the only country in the ASEAN region and one of the few in the world to witness positive growth in 2020. According to data from the Department of Foreign Investment of Vietnam, as of March 20, 2021, the total foreign investment registered in Vietnam reached USD 10.1 billion, a sharp increase of 18.5% over the same period in 2020. In particular, Japan ranked second among 56 countries and territories invested in Vietnam in the first 3 months with USD 2.1 billion (accounting for 20.8% of total investment capital).

为了鼓励外国投资者，除了政治稳定、经济持续增长、地理位置优越等因素外，越南还在不断完善投资法律框架，以建立有效、健康竞争的市场。2020年，《2020年投资法》和《2020年企业法》颁布，并从2021年1月1日起生效，修改和补充了许多条款，为外国投资者在越南投资创造有利条件。

2020 年投资法的一些突出新亮点

根据新修订的法律，外国投资者在设立创新创业领域中小企业或投资基金时，无需提交投资项目建议书并办理投资登记证。据此，外国投资者可以按照与国内投资者相同的程序设立企业，从而缩短了办理投资登记证的时间（根据具体情况，从20天到45天不等）。

外国投资者投资有条件的外国投资者经营性机构，在不提高该机构外国投资者持股比例的情况下，无需再向国家机关办理新资本投入、购买股份、购买已投入资本股份的登记手续。该修订条例特别简化了外国投资者之间的资本转让活动或增加资本投入的程序，只要国内外投资者的最新资本投入比例保持不变。

此外，2020年投资法还补充了对优先发展的扶持工业产品清单中科技成果产品生产、高等教育、医疗设备生产、商品生产、提供服务以创建或参与价值链和产业集群的投资激励规定，在技术4.0强劲发展的背景下，鼓励和支持外国投资者在多学科发展激励措施中发挥作用。

The Law on Enterprises 2020 supplements regulations on expanding scope and powers to protect the interests of foreign shareholders and investors. The shareholder or group of shareholders that holds at least 5% of the ordinary shares or a smaller ratio specified in the company’s charter and does not require a term of ownership (instead of 10% for a continuous period of at least 06 months as in previous Law) shall have the rights to access, extract the company’s documents, demand that a GMS be convened in some cases, and request the Board of Controllers to investigate into specific matters relevant to the company’s administration where necessary. This helps foreign investors, including shareholders and small investors when investing in Vietnamese enterprises have many opportunities to participate in the process of controlling business activities of enterprises, information transparency, finance, avoiding cases of inefficient investment due to insider trading or information asymmetry.

综上所述，可以说，越南的商业投资环境正在不断改善，呈现透明度和符合国际标准的趋势，体现在参与国际贸易协定以及鼓励在越南的技术、教育和卫生等领域进行投资。特别是，法律框架正在日益完善，以创造最健康的竞争环境，尤其是在复杂的Covid-19背景下。法律规定朝着减少复杂程序的方向发展，以便投资者可以轻松进入市场。此外，还增加了某些法律限制，以保护外国投资者的利益。

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