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Korea–Vietnam economy · 07 Sept 2026

386 Korean projects in Phu Tho: a new Korea–Vietnam industrial cluster

By end-2025 Phu Tho hosted 386 Korean FDI projects worth about USD 5.27 billion, roughly 40% of the province total. The real opening is not another greenfield site but the supply chain forming around the hundreds of plants already running there.

Technology · 24 Aug 2026

Vietnam opens a “first customer” door for strategic technology: a new opening for Korea–Vietnam ventures

Decision 1493/QĐ-TTg shifts the emphasis from research funding to commercialising strategic technology, targeting at least 15 commercialised products, at least 20 companies that own their technology, and roughly 40% local content by 2030. For Korean firms, the most attractive way in may not be exporting finished products but co-development, conditional technology transfer and PoCs with Vietnamese partners.