Of the three-month figure, over 3 billion USD came from 520 newly-licensed projects, up 62% in a number of projects but down 6% in the amount of capital compared to the same period last year. However, foreign investors' capital contribution and share purchases rose 4% year-on-year to over 790 million USD. Along with the contraction in fresh capital, the disbursed capital also slightly plunged 2.2% from a year earlier to 4.3 billion USD. The most significant proportion of the period's foreign investment, 4 billion USD or 73%, landed in processing and manufacturing, followed by real estate. Singapore topped foreign investors, pouring 1.69 billion USD into Vietnam or equivalent to 31% of the nation's total foreign investment. It was followed by mainland China and Taiwan./.