The central city of Da Nang licensed 19 foreign invested projects, with a total investment of 26.5 million USD while established projects raised their total investment capital to 62.8 million USD last month.

Officials announced recently that the city has drawn in 259 FDI projects worth 3.62 billion USD, of which 164 projects are now in operation, costing 1.64 billion USD.

Also last month, 210 domestic businesses registered their total investment capital of 388 billion VND or 18.5 million USD.

The city exported goods and services worth 156.3 million USD in July, an 11.1 percent surge in comparison with the same period last year.

The ports of Tien Sa and Lieu Chieu, shipped 2.8 million tonnes of cargo last month.-VNA