The doctoral thesis: “Supporting services for foreign enterprises investing in Vietnam” of PhD candidate Nguyen Trong Uyen, major in Political Economy, training course: K38 (2022-2026).
Supervisor: Assoc, Prof, Dr. Ngo Tuan Nghia and Dr. Vu Le Hang.
Training Institution: Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.
Summaryof the dissertation’s new contributions:
New academic and theoretical contributions:
Basedon the selective inheritance of findings from previously published studies related to the topic, the dissertation systematizes and clarifies the theoretical foundation of support services for foreign enterprises investing in Vietnam from the perspective of political economy. This includes aspects such as concepts, characteristics, and roles of support services for foreign-invested enterprises in developing countries. At the same time, the dissertation develops and supplements an analytical framework regarding the contents, evaluation criteria and factors affecting support services for foreign-invested enterprises in developing countries.
In addition, through the study of domestic and international experiences regarding support services for foreign-invested enterprises in developing countries, the dissertation draws valuable lessons applicable to Vietnam.
New practical contributions:
The dissertation comprehensively analyzes and evaluates the current situation of support services for foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam during the period 2019-2024.
It also provides additional empirical evidence on the extent to which various factors have affected support services for foreign enterprises investing in Vietnam in recent years, thereby clarifying the achievements attained, existing limitations, and causes of those limitations.
On that basis, the dissertation proposes 6 solutions to improve support services for foreign enterprises investing in Vietnam, including:
(1) Narrowing disparities in support services among localities:
(2) Enhancing transparency and accessibility of information;
(3) Improving the quality and effectiveness of support services for foreign-invested enterprises;
(4) Strengthening the capacity of personnel providing support services for foreign-invested enterprises;
(5) Enhancing coordination among organizations and agencies related to support services for foreign enterprises;
(6) Encouraging private sector participation in support services for foreign enterprises.
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