Vietnam already has the attention of global business, but it needs to convert that interest into committed capital.

Vietnam already has the attention of global business, but it needs to convert that interest into committed capital.

Hanoi wants to grow the economy by 10% annually by the end of the decade--but does Vietnam have enough capital, labor, and infrastructure to meet these ambitions?

“There’s no way all these infrastructure investments can be financed by the local banking ecosystems,” Lottner says. “Vietnam’s deposit-generating capacity just isn’t big enough.”