The total amount of FDI in new and existing projects, capital contribution and share purchase exceeded 20 billion USD in 2018’s first half, up 5.7 percent year-on-year.
Up to 12,100 new enterprises were established in the capital city of Hanoi in the first six months of 2018, with total registered capital of 124 trillion VND (around 5.46 billion USD).
The manufacturing-processing sector continued to attract the major share of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam in the first half of 2018, with 7.91 billion USD, accounting for 38.9 percent of the total registered capital.
Japan overcame 86 countries and territories to become the largest foreign investor in Vietnam in the first six months of this year, with 6.47 billion USD, or 31.8 percent of the total registered capital.