(VOVworld)- Investors in Southeast Asia rank Vietnam second in terms of the most attractive investment destination, according to a survey released last week by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council.

Vietnam is an attractive investment destination in ASEAN

The survey was conducted from 405 businesspeople in the region. Half of them chose Indonesia, while 46 percent prefered Vietnam as their investment destination, followed by Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia. This is the second survey conducted by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council since 2010. One-fourth of the respondents are already operating in Indonesia while 47 percent are in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and the Philippines. The ABAC survey shows that Asean is more attractive than China in terms of commodity markets and production locations.