Forms of investment in Vietnam

According to the Vietnam Law on Investment (2005), foreign investors can invest in Vietnam through direct investment and indirect investment.

The direct investment is when the investor invests its invested capital and participates in the management of the investment activities, includes:

• To establish economic organizations in the form of one hundred per cent (100%) capital of domestic investors or one hundred per cent (100%) capital of foreign investors.
• To establish joint venture economic organizations between domestic and foreign investors.
• To invest in the contractual forms of: BCC, BO, BTO, and BT.
• To invest in business development.
• To purchase shares or to contribute capital in order to participate in management of investment activities.