Title:
EXPLORING TAIWANESE FIRMS IN VIETNAM- AFTER THE EVENT OF 2014 ANTICHINA PROTEST

Authors:
Cheng-Lung Li

Abstract:
The Go South policy has been one of the Taiwanese government and enterprises’ significant investment strategies for many years. Vietnam is the vital country for Taiwanese investors since Taiwan is the fourth-largest foreign investor in Vietnam. In return, the Vietnamese government has implemented incentive policies for Taiwanese investors. The 2014 Vietnam anti-China Protest had had a great impact on the local Taiwanese traditional industries. This study aims to discover that whether the Taiwanese investors in Ho Chi Minh City and Bin Duong Province were seriously damaged, or had found alternative business opportunities from the incident. This research adopts both qualitative research and scale analysis. The former aims to figure out what the Taiwanese investors’ primary economical features, the driving forces of the industrial changes, the Key Success Factors (KSF) and the industry attractiveness are via administering a questionnaire while the latter attempts to find out what will the Taiwanese investors’ future operating directions (like integrated management). The result of this research shows that Vietnam has a uniquely beneficial environment for investors and has considerable advantages whether innate or acquired. The anti-China riot did have some influence on Taiwanese investors in Vietnam. However, the investors chose to expand investment instead of withdrawing after the incident. As a result, Vietnam still has its own operational advantages