Accompanying FDI customers

The event brought together BIDV’s key FDI corporate clients in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring areas, representatives of foreign business associations, along economic experts and policymakers.

Speaking at the seminar, Mr. Le Ngoc Lam, Chief Executive Officer of BIDV, emphasized that the event took place amid complex and unpredictable global economic, political, and social landscape in 2025, posing significant challenges to production and business activities worldwide. Vietnam, in particular HCMC and neighbouring areas, stragetic shifts in planning, investments and policies are creating opening up new development opportunities, laying the foundation for the next phase of growth.

Against this backdrop, BIDV organized the seminar with the aim of providing a multidimensional picture of economic prospects, investment environment, and policy orientations in this new era. By connecting macroeconomic, policy, and market perspectives, BIDV wishes to improve FDI enterprises in their business decision-making through data, information, and strategic implications.Simultaneously, the event was an opportunity for BIDV to express its appreciation for the trust and companionship of the FDI community over the years, as well as to strengthen connections among banks, enterprises, and foreign business associations.

From a macroeconomic perspective, analyses and forecasts on the global and Vietnamese economies for 2025–2026 was presented by Dr. Can Van Luc, member of the Prime Minister’s Policy Advisory Council and BIDV’s Chief Economist. Dr. Can Van Luc outlined major trends, both challenges and opportunities, for foreign direct investment in Vietnam, HCMC and neighboring localities. Shifts in supply chains, global monetary and fiscal policies, together with Vietnam’s increasingly strengthened regional position, continues to reaffirm the country’s attraction as an investment destination over the medium and long term.

In addition, Dr. Vuong Thi Minh Hieu, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Investment Agency - Ministry of Finance, shared insights on orientations, policies, and incentives for attracting FDI investments, oultining investment priorities by location and industries. The presentation not only reflected the Government’s determination to improve the quality of FDI inflows, but also open up new areas of cooperation for foreign investors currently operating in Vietnam as well as those with plans for expansions.

Representing one of the largest financial instituions in Vietnam’s economy, Mr. Doan Viet Nam, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Banking Group, emphasized that BIDV will continue to affirm its strong financial capacity and extensive experience in accompanying the business community, including FDI enterprises. BIDV is committed to providing comprehensive, flexible, and tailored financial and banking solutions to help enterprises effectively seize development opportunities in the new era, working towards sustainable and long term growth.

During the panel discussion session themed “Macroeconomic prospects and new opportunities for FDI enterprises”, experts, guests, representatives from BIDV and FDI enterprises engaged in in-depth exchagnes on economic outlooks, investment environment, and practical issues of concern to FDI enterprises. Open and frank dialogues helped clarified concrete opportunities for action, especially for enterprises operating in key economic hubs such as Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding areas, where significant strategic transformation are taking place.

The seminar received high recognition and positive receptions from attendees and associations, not only for providing valuable information and offering meaningful perspectives in business development strategies and production plans, but also for reinforcing BIDV’s image as a reliable companion, providing advisory support and added value for clients beyond its financial banking products and services.

Through the seminar, BIDV also gained opportunities to listen to and develop deeper understanding of the difficulties, challenges, concerns, and expectations of FDI business community. On this basis, the bank will continue to focus its resources on improving specialized, flexible, and tailored mechanisms, policies, products, and processes to better meet the increasingly diverse needs of clients, tfurther affirming its position as a leading bank in serving and accompanying FDI enterprises in Vietnam.

As Vietnam continues to integrate into the international economy through new free trade agreements, FDI sector plays an important role in the Vietnamese economy. BIDV has identified FDI enterprises as a key customer segment. Currently, BIDV is maintaining cooperative relationships with more than 10,000 FDI enterprises from developed economies such as Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, the United States, Europe, ASEAN, and others, many of which are leading companies in key economic sectors such as mobile phones and electronic devices, renewable energy, petrochemicals, automobiles and motorbikes, real estate, logistics, textiles and garments, retail, animal feed, and others, contributing greatly in promoting the dynamic restructuring of the national economy.

With 68 years of development, BIDV is the longest-establish and largest commercial bank in Vietnam, with total assets reaching more than VND3.1 quadrillion (USD120 billion) as of December 15^th 2025. In the same period, outstanding loans and net deposits exceeded VND 2.3 quadrillion (USD 90 billion). BIDV operatres a diversified financial ecosystem including banking, securities, and insurance, with an extensive network of more than 1,100 branches and transaction offices nationwide, along with overseas commercial presences. Currently, the bank serves more than 23 million customers, including over 10,000 FDI corporate clientels, and maintaining correspondent relationships with more than 2,300 financial institutions worldwide. BIDV has always been at the forefront in implementing the guidelines and policies of the Party and the State of Vietnam, playing a key role in the implementation of national financial and monetary policies. The bank is a trusted partner, accompanying and providing effective support to the business community in their development and international integration.