Inspections and audits have become more confrontational and aggressive, giving rise to concern from foreign investors about the tactics and transparency, according to foreign observers.
The linkages between domestic and foreign direct investment (FDI) business have not been as good as expected, even weaker than Laos and Cambodia, resulting in a low development of supporting industries and technology transfer.
In response to claim by BMW's representative on occassion of visit to Germany, the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc confirmed the automaker BMW could access its batch of cars being held at HCM City’s port for maintenance but the firm must replace its local dealer Euro Auto due to violations of the country’s regulations
