Factors Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Savannakhet Province, Laos

Investment, Factors, Foreign Direct In vestment

Abstract

In this study, the researchers focus on the "Factors Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Savannakhet Province” to study as follows: (1) To study the Factors Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Savannakhet, (2) To study the issues of.  direct investment; (3) To study investment promotion strategies. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire by collecting data from a sample of 111 participants. The analysis and statistical process was used with the SPSS software such as: 1.) General information of respondents was mostly incoming female investors accounted for 55%. The age varied from 31-35 years. Mainly Chinese investors accounted for 28.8%, the level of education was accounting for 52.3%, 2.) It was found that the factors attracting direct investment from abroad, the appropriate source from the province were intermediate comments with average and changing standards as (= 3.31; SD = 0.98), the opinions on many levels with the average and volatility standards as =3.47; S.D = 0.85).  These companies are commenting on several levels with average and changing standards as (=3.41; SD = 1.02), market factor opinions on several levels with average and changing standards as (= 3.44; SD = 0.92), the resource factors were intermediate comments with average and changing standards as ( 3.36; SD = 0.86); 3.) The problem of foreign direct investment was found to be moderate with an average of ( = 3.15), while material costs were moderate, Logistics problems were intermediate with average and changing standards as (=3.21; SD=1.83), the problem is a rule at several levels with the average and volatility standards as ( = 3.50; SD =1.03), the issue of money is a moderate comment and average change with (=3.29).  ; SD = 0.98), the problems of infrastructure are comments on several levels with average and changing standards as (=3.44; SD=1.01), the problem of enforcing contracts are comments on several levels with average and changing standards as (= 3.44; SD = 1.03); 4). The Investment Promotion and Tax Reduction is varied from 40.0% to 36.04%, Investment Promotion Guidelines of the Government shall identify 62 investment entities covering 55.86%, investment promotion strategy with a minimum of 70% investment in n terms of investment.  The network road should be improved by 49.55%, and with a 50% increase in the number of operational issues in terms of operational logistics.