Vietnam saw almost 18.6 billion USD flow in 1,238 FDI projects for the whole year, representing 82.2 percent of the 2009 figure and lower than the yearly target of attracting 22-25 billion USD.
Of the sum, 17.23 billion USD were poured into new licensed projects and almost 1.4 billion USD was added to existing projects, reported the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The agency also reported that 11 billion USD of FDI were disbursed this year, a year-on-year rise of 10 percent.
It is noteworthy that FDI businesses attained an export turnover of almost 38.83 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 27.8 percent./.
