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Foreign investment into Vietnam up 18.5 percent in first three months

As much as 10.13 billion USD worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) was injected into Vietnam in the first three months of the year to March 20, a year-on-year increase of 18.5 percent, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Foreign investment into Vietnam up 18.5 percent in first three months ảnh 1As much as 10.13 billion USD worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) was injected into Vietnam in the first three months of the year to March 20, a year-on-year increase of 18.5 percent (Illustrative photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – As much as 10.13billion USD worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) was injected into Vietnam inthe first three months of the year to March 20, a year-on-year increase of 18.5percent, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment.

Investment licences were granted to 234 newprojects with total registered capital of 7.2 billion USD, rising 30.6 percentagainst the same period last year.

Meanwhile, 161 existing projects added 2.1billion USD to their investment capital, a surge of 97.4 percent compared tothe same time last year.

On the contrary, capital contributions andshares purchases by foreign investors were down 58.8 percent to stand at 805.3million USD.

Foreign investors pumped capital in 17sectors, with processing and manufacturing holding the lead with over 5 billionUSD or 49.6 percent, followed by power production and distribution with 3.9billion USD (38.9 percent), real estate 600 million USD, and science-technologynearly 167 million USD.

Singapore topped the list of 56 countriesand territories landing investment in Vietnam, with nearly 4.6 billion USD,equivalent to nearly 45.6 percent of the total. Japan came second with about2.1 billion USD (20.8 percent), and the Republic of Korea third with 1.2billion USD (11.8 percent).

The FIA said the Mekong Delta province ofLong An lured the lion’s share of FDI in the reviewed period with 3.2 billionUSD, accounting for 32.1 percent of the total. Can Tho city of the same regionwas the runner-up since it attracted nearly 1.3 million USD, or 13.1 percent. HaiPhong northern port city came third with 946 million USD (9.4 percent).

So far this year, the foreign-investedsector has earned close to 58.6 billion USD from exports, including crude oil,up 27.5 percent year-on-year, and making up 76.4 percent of the nation’s totalexport turnover./.
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