Malaysia was formed in the year in the year 1963 in the South East Asia and is a federation comprising of thirteen states. It is located along the Straits of Malacca and has quite a strategic location being situated in the southern portion of the South China Sea. The capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur, which along with the other cities and states, provides a conducive environment for business to the many number of foreign investors as well as the domestic traders. It is a country, which is quite rich in natural resources like copper, natural gas, iron ore, petroleum, tin, and timber. The country is a blend of modern infrastructure and traditional norms and is a multi-ethnic society that comprises of three important races, being, Indian, Chinese and the Malays. Though having impressive successes in the past, the Malaysian economy’s growth is forecasted from five percent per year in the block of 2011-2020 to an average of 4 percent during the block 2021-2030 due to the slow rate of growth in the working–age population.

Vietnam is proving to be one of the most successful markets and it is offering far-reaching success and opportunities to various exporters and the investors. The economic growth of the Vietnam’s economy has proven to be one of the highest in the world economy, and it is expanding at an average of seven percent a year and this rate has been seen from the year 2002 to 2011. One can very well imagine the growing success of the economy. On the other hand, Vietnam saw a growth in the industrial production at the rate of twelve percent during the above-mentioned period. Even in the year 2012, the economy is expected to grow at about the same rate. However, the inflation problem poses to be the major problem though Government is taking various measures that can be seen controlling the macroeconomic policies and implementing price stability measures, which in turn would balance targets for growth. The industrial inputs are making constant growth as Vietnam imports chemical, software. Growth is also paving its way through the other sectors of the market like the manufacturing sector, construction, and tourism, and the investors are becoming fairly interested in making necessary investments in sectors like gas and electricity.

China has proved to be one of the most attractive economies where the Foreign Direct Investment or FDI is concerned. This has been possible because of the continuous expansion of the domestic market as well as the sustained increase of the economic growth rate. However, the same cannot be said about the returns that the foreign investors expect of the investments in the long term. Very often uncertainties linger regarding this, as there exists various restrictions over the foreign policies together with unreliability of the legal system that is lacks the required transparency.