Author: Dr. Oliver Massmann

It is estimated that Vietnam needs around 70-80 billion US$ investment in the infrastructure sector in the coming 5-10 years alone. Developing its infrastructure will be one of Vietnam’s major tasks to reach regional competitiveness and be further integrated into global supply chains. A major challenge will be to synchronize the different infrastructure types in order to increase the flow of goods throughout the whole supply chain. We believe that involvement of both financial and technical expertise of the foreign private sector will be key to keeping up with the massive demand in the infrastructure area. Public Private Partnerships (PPP) projects will be of key importance to upgrade Vietnam’s infrastructure as the country integrates further into the world economy. The Vietnamese Government and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) have in recently introduced new regulations to develop and refine the regulatory framework governing PPP projects and contracts.

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