Vietnam received as much as 6,886 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) by April 20, a year-on-year surge of 85 percent, according to the General Statistic Office (GSO).
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam received as much as 6,8🅰86 million USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) by April 20, a🎶 year-on-year surge of 85 percent, according to the General Statistic Office (GSO).
Of the total, 5,082 million USD came from 697 newly-registered projects and the remaining 1,804 million USD was from 314 added-capital projects.
In the first four months of this year, FDI disbursement was estimated to hit 4.7 billion USD, up 12 percent against the same period last year.
The processing and manufacturing industry attracted the most FDI, with about 5,246 million USD, making up 76.2 percent of the total.
The science and technology sector came in second, luring 336.6 million USD, or 4.9 percent of the total.
The northern port city of Hai Phong topped the country in attracting new FDI projects with 1,591 million USD, accounting for 31.3 percent of the period’s total new-registered FDI.
It was followed by Hanoi with 595.5 million USD, and the southern province of Binh Duong with 329 million USD.
Among 45 countries and territories that invested in new projects in Vietnam, the Republic of Korea took the lead with 2,480 million USD, making up 48.8 percent of total investment from new projects.-VNA
Can Tho last month issued a licence to the Republic of Korea’s Tae Kwang Vina Industrial for setting up a shoe production plant in its 2B Hung Phu Industrial Park.
he northern province of Bac Ninh granted investment certificates to 21 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects with total registered capital of more than 200 million USD in the first three months of
More than 400 million USD in FDI have been pumped into the garment-textile sector in the southern province of Binh Duong after the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Hanoi is the leading locality nationwide in FDI attraction, drawing over 810 million USD from 110 newly-licensed and capital-added FDI projects in the first quarter of this year.
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
