The capital city’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the first quarter grew by 5.83 percent year on year. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Hanoi attracted more than 513million USD in foreign investment in the first quarter of this year, accordingto the municipal Statistics Office.
During the reviewed period, the capital city lured 62 newprojects with combined investment of 24.9 million USD, while 28 operational projects registered to increase their capital by 122.8 million USD.
Foreign investors contributed capital and purchasedshares worth 365.4 million USD, the office said.
The number of newly-established enterprises in the capital citystood at 5,965 with accumulative registered capital amounting to 63.5 trillionVND (2.78 billion USD), up 2 percent and 4 percent, respectively, as compared with the same period last year.
As many as 849 firms dissolved and 5,174 others suspendedtheir operations, while nearly 3,940 resumed their operations in the quarter.
Hanoi earned almost 3.6 billion USD from exports inthe three months, representing a year-on-year rise of 6.1 percent, of whichover 1.93 billion USD came from the domestic sector, up 7.9 percent; and theremainder was from the FDI sector, up 4 percent.
The total retail sales of goods and services reached161.5 trillion VND, a rise of 9.1 percent from the corresponding time lastyear.
The capital city’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) also grew by 5.83percent year on year, much higher than the figures recorded in many other cities and provinces,the office said, noting that Hanoi’s industrial production also expanded by 5.3percent year-on-year.
Between January and March, the city’s developmentinvestment was estimated at 76 trillion VND, a year-on-year increase of 7.8percent. Of the amount, State capital reached 26 trillion VND, non-Statecapital, 45 trillion VND and FDI, 5 trillion VND./.
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The capital city’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the first quarter grew by 5.83 percent year on year. (Photo: VNA) 
