(CPV) -By November 20, the country had 1,175 newly-licensed FDI projects with a total registered capital of more than USD13.7 billion, a 73.3 percent rise against the same period last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
During the period, total increased capital from 446 projects reached more than USD7 billion, a year-on-year rise of 26.9 percent. On the whole, newly-licensed and increased capital together hit nearly USD21 billion, up 54 percent year on year.
Foreign investors poured capital into 18 fields, including processing and manufacturing, electricity production and distribution, gas, water and real estate business.
Among 55 countries and territories with investment projects in Vietnam, Japan held its position as the largest, with total capital of USD5.68 billion, accounting for 27.3 percent of the whole in the country. Following it were Singapore with USD4.27 billion (20.6 percent) and the Republic of Korea with USD4.1 billion (19.8 percent).
53 provinces and cities attracted FDI capital during the period. Thai Nguyen took the lead as it drew USD3.35 billion of newly-licensed and increased capital, making up 16.1 percent. With adjusted capital of USD2.8 billion from the Nghi Son refinery and petrochemical project, Thanh Hoa ranked the second at USD2.92 billion (14 percent), while Hai Phong placed the third position at USD2.6 billion (12.5 percent).
Since the start of the year, disbursement of FDI projects reached USD10.55 billion, a year-on-year rise of 5.5 percent./.
Đăng ký: VietNam News