VOA慢速英语2014 在反华抗议之后,投资者重返越南

 

AS IT IS 2014-08-28 Investors² Return to Vietnam After Anti-China Protests 在反华抗议之后,投资者重返越南

In May, anti-China protestors in Vietnam caused damage to at least 460 factories owned by foreigners. Thousands of foreign investors fled Vietnam. They feared there would be more riots. But foreign investment has now returned to levels that existed before the protests. The flow of money returned for three main reasons.  The government has promised to protect foreign investors. Also, the economy continues to grow. Finally, the cost of manufacturing remains³ low.

Clothing, furniture and electronics factories have begun operating again in Vietnam.  Twenty people died in the protests and hundreds were injured. The protestors were angry about China’s placement of an oil industry structure in waters that Vietnam claims as its territory. Long-term tensions between the two countries worsened. China and Vietnam fought a border war in 1979.

Foreign investment is 17 percent of Vietnam’s economy and 66 percent of its exports. It provides half of Vietnam’s tax income.

Ralf Matthaes is the owner of a market advising company in Ho Chi Minh City. He says foreign investment has returned because of the government’s strong actions.

Foreign investors from Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan have entered Vietnam since the government ended investment restrictions⁴ in 1987. Their projects have helped support Vietnam’s $155 billion economy and have lowered poverty by adding jobs. 

In July, China moved the platform following talks with Vietnam.  Before the riots, China was the seventh-largest investor¹ in Vietnam. Last year, it invested $2.3 billion in the country. That was six times more than in 2012. Much of that investment was materials used to make clothing, machines and other goods.

In the future, Vietnam is expected to make it easier for foreign investors to do business in the country. It will increase the rights of foreign investors to use land. And it will build new transportation systems linking Ho Chi Minh City to manufacturing areas.

And that’s the Economics Report from VOA Learning English.  (For more Learning English programs, go to our website LearningEnglish.voanews.com. And follow us on Facebook and Twitter.) I’m Mario Ritter.

1 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

2 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制