New wave of high-tech ventures await entry 09:32 | 29/04/2021 South Korea is expected to keep its top position as Vietnamâs largest foreign investor on the back of upcoming investment inflows going into high-tech production, buoyed by pandemic successes on both sides. Director general of the Ministry of Planning and Investmentâs (MPI) Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) Do Nhat Hoang confirmed that the number of South Korean investors setting eyes on Vietnam has been increasing, even during the pandemic when all trade and investment activities were interrupted. With hundreds of newly-registered and capital expansion projects arriving every year, with around $5-10 billion of the total investment, South Korea was the first of 139 countries and territories investing in Vietnam in March. According to the FIA, there were more than 9,000 valid projects by South Korean investors in Vietnam with the total registered investment of $71.5 billion, ranking first both in registered capital and the number of projects.