Shadowing Practice: Vietnam targets high-value FDI | Vietnam Today - Learn English Speaking with Video
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competition for global investment is becoming increasingly intense particularly to secure capital for strategic technologies like semiconductors
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and ai under resolution 10 vietnam aims to attract 200 to
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300 billion us dollars in registered fdi by 2030 with a stronger focus on technology intensive investment signs of
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that transition are already visible as global technology companies increasingly expand their long -term presence
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and higher value operations in vietnam this company in the semiconductor
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industry has grown its core vietnamese engineering team from just five
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to more than 650 today the expansion reflects a long -term commitment to vietnam
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and growing confidence in the country's high -tech potential for investors sustained expansion signals
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that Vietnam is increasingly capable of supporting more complex and higher value technology activities.
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Over the past decade, Vietnam has gained a major opportunity to develop high -tech industries such as semiconductors, AI, drones and UAVs.
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With a stronger workforce, government support and closer cooperation between the states, universities and businesses,
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Vietnam now has a rare opportunity to make science and technology a key driver of economic growth in the years ahead."
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According to the General Statistics Office,
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US $10 .76 billion or 82 .6 % of FDI disbursements in the first half of 2026 went into high -tech manufacturing.
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However, more practical factors increasingly determine how effectively Vietnam can attract high -valued capital.
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If we can demonstrate some transparency in terms of rental indexes, stable borrowing costs, I think will have a big impact.
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I know the government is doing a lot at the moment to make it more transparent as a place to do business,
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have more of the financial regulations clearer to overseas investors.
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So I think the transparency element is improving rapidly.
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Infrastructure is becoming a key investment factor.
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High -tech FDI increasingly states reliable infrastructure, clear incentives, and efficient procedures that allow companies to start and scale quickly.
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The government is doing a fantastic job of clarifying the legal framework, particularly around the real estate element, the real estate component.
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So we had the new land law, the new housing law, and much faster planning approvals now,
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and approvals for new FDI investments across the board.
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So the transparency and speed to market is being addressed.
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By 2030, Vietnam aims for 75 % of newly registered FDI to come from developed economies.
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To support this shift, the country has launched a US $20 billion preferential credit program running through 2030 for strategic infrastructure.
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These efforts are strengthening Vietnam's appeal to high -tech FDI.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 28 sentences and 404 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:19. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 75% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| increasingly adverb | Increasing in amount or intensity. | |
| infrastructure noun | /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ | An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system. |
| transparency noun | /tɹænsˈpæɹənsi/ | The quality of being transparent. |
| semiconductor noun | /ˌsɛmikənˈdʌktə/ | A substance with electrical properties intermediate between a good conductor and a good insulator. |
| element noun | /ˈɛləmənt/ | One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
| strategic adjective | /stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/ | Of or pertaining to strategy. |
| attract verb | /əˈtɹækt/ | To pull toward without touching. |
| investor noun | /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ | A person who invests money in order to make a profit. |
| practical adjective | /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/ | Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis. |
| stable noun | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses. |
| transition noun | /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/ | The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another. |
| procedure noun | /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/ | A particular method for performing a task. |
| commitment noun | /kəˈmɪtmənt/ | The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review. |
| efficient adjective | /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ | Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy. |
| newly adverb | /ˈnuli/ | Very recently/lately; in the immediate past. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, regulation /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/, cooperation /koʊˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, preferential /ˈpɹɛf.ɜː(ɹ)ˌɛn.ʃəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, transparency /tɹænsˈpæɹənsi/, semiconductor /ˌsɛmikənˈdʌktə/, regulation /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/, cooperation /koʊˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like increasingly, infrastructure, transparency.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.