Dragon Capital CEO Lê Anh Tuấn says an international financial centre (VIFC) must ensure investors can bring USD in and move it back out easily, without procedural obstacles, at a session on October 27 within AEF 2026. He cites record 9-month FDI of over US$50 billion registered and US$21 billion disbursed, while FII recorded net outflows of US$5 billion, and nearly US$20 billion over five years. He argues that portfolio managers face regulatory, currency-hedging and daily procedural hurdles that create instability, and proposes that VIFC offer products that are hard to access domestically, easy FX hedging, USD-denominated derivatives and bonds, and stable, consistent rules. VIFC-HCMC director Richard D. McClellan said the centre has 10 initial members and offers a one-stop mechanism, USD-denominated contracts and free profit repatriation. Talgat Amanbayev of Astana's AIFC said that after eight years the centre had attracted US$27 billion in registered capital and disbursed US$17 billion.
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