The FDI structure of Hanoi has been shifting dramatically from industrial production to finance and banking services. In recent years, many investors have poured their capital into the construction of high-rise buildings, offices, parks and recreation centres.

Participants in a workshop held by the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee on October 9 were told that the expanded capital needs large investment in the financial and banking industry, as well as in the building of new urban areas and offices for rent, exhibition centres, training-research-development facilities and hi-tech parks.