About 113 projects worth nearly US$1.2 billion have been licensed, representing a year-on-year increase of 16 percent in terms of project numbers and 15 percent of registered capital. Thirty-eight projects have registered to increase their investment capital worth US$135 million, a year-on-year increase of 41 percent.

In February alone, 55 projects capitalised at US$765 million were licensed, and 27 projects added US$110 million to their investment.

MPI said that leading investors in Vietnam in the reviewed period were the Republic of Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the US, and most projects focused on the real estate and industry sectors.  

According to the Ministry of Trade, since the beginning of this year, FDI enterprises have earned US$3.19 billion from exports, a year-on-year increase of 32.6 percent, while their imports reached about US$2 billion, a rise of 18.9 percent.