Edmund Malesky on Vietnam Policy Changes Needed to Attract Foreign Investors
Vietnam urged to change policies to attract next generation foreign investors
05/02/2011
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Nobuo Kato, an analysis expert from the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fisheries (MAFF), said on Dau tu that many Japanese enterprises have contacted him, saying that they are seeking places to set up food processing factories, which will provide products to the Japanese market after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. The destinations they are considering are China, Thailand and Vietnam.
As for Vietnam, the biggest problem for investors is seeking land areas large enough to carry out agricultural production with industrial way and high technologies.
“We have contacted Vietnamese partners, but the small scale of Vietnam’s agriculture development proves to be unsuitable to big scale production,” he said.
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Edmund Malesky can comment on political development in Vietnam and China, as well as comparative political economy in Southeast Asia. He also can provide insight into the choices underlying the decisions of foreign investors and thereby the globalization debate, especially in regard to the discussion of "sweatshops" in developing countries.
