FDI disbursement hits US$9 billion in 10 months
(VOV) - As much as US$9 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) was disbursed over the past 10 months of this year, approximately equal to last year’s figure.
US$6.68 billion (down 36.7 percent) was invested in 881 newly-licensed projects (equal to 86 percent of the previous corresponding period).
359 projects registered to increase their capital, amounting to a total of US$3.81 billion, up 12.3 percent on last year’s period.
The processing and manufacturing industries attracted the most FDI valued at US$6.9 billion in both newly-licensed and additional capital, accounting for 66.2 of the total. They were followed by real estate with US$1.84 billion, or 17.6 percent of the total.
Japan topped the list of foreign investors in the 10-month period with US$4.92 billion, or 46.9 percent of the total. The Republic of Korea ranked second with US$936 million and Samoa placed third with US$899.8 million.
The southern province of Binh Duong attracted the most capital from foreign investors (US$2.17 billion), followed by HCM City (US$1.12 billion) and Haiphong (US$1.08 billion).