In the Southeast Asian region, Thailand’s Bangkok ranks at ninth position on the list while Singapore has retained its title of FDI’s Global City of the Future in the top 25 markets.
According to the ASEAN Investment Report 2016, four countries including Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) witnessed the highest surge in FDI attraction in Southeast Asia with the growth rate of 38 per cent last year. Total FDI inflows into the four countries in 2015 increased to 17.4 billion USD from 12.6 billion USD and the FDI portion of the CLMV bloc rose from 10 per cent in 2014 to 14 per cent in 2015.
Vietnam took the lead in the CLMV bloc. According to the General Statistics Office, FDI disbursement saw an increase of 8.3 per cent to $14.3 billion USD?in the January-November period.
