Abstract
In recent years, The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow of Korean enterprises into Haiphong is always considered as an important part in the social – economic developing strategies of the city. International groups, such as LG, Samsung… have considered their industrial bases in this country as extremely important nodes of global supply chain strategies. Haiphong, Thai Nguyen and some other provinces have been attractive places to set up business. The Haiphong city has manyadvantages of geography, transport connection, social stability but it needs to have more effortsto improve the inflow of foreign direct investment, especially from Korean enterprises. The article is going to focus on finding the determinant factors of FDI from Korean enterprises to Haiphong city by, first, analyzing relevant literature to construct theoretically a list of factors that affect the capability of attracting FDI, and then, carrying out the expert interviews to draw conclusions. The research results can be applied in further studies to further promote foreign direct investment in Haiphong as well as can be used by management level of the city in decision making and planning.