Free trade agreements (FTAs) have been signed with significant trade blocs such as the US, the EU and within Asia, which have been instrumental in expanding the industrial base into electronics, consumer goods, and automobiles. This has been fueled, in part, by an almost doubling of annual foreign direct investment, to USD20 billion, since ACSV Legal began. In tandem with this, Vietnam’s transportation infrastructure development has facilitated the movement of goods and services and contributed to an increasingly mobile labour force.