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Vietnam attracts over 13.4 billion USD in FDI in H1

Vietnam had attracted a total of 13.43 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) from the beginning of this year to June 20, down 4.3% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam had attracted a total of 13.43 billion USD inforeign direct investment (FDI) from the beginning of this year to June 20,down 4.3% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

In the period, there were 1,293 newly-registered projectswith a combined capital of 6.49 billion USD, up 71.9% in the number of projectsand 31.3% in capital compared to the same period last year. The new projects were mainly in the fields of processing and manufacturing, andreal estate business.

Meanwhile, 2.93 billion USD, down 57.1% year-on-year, wasadded to 632 existing projects.

The value of capital contribution and sharepurchase deals surged 76.8% to over 4 billion USD.

Among 57 nations and territories having new projects inVietnam, Singapore was the largest investor, with 1.79 billion USD. It wasfollowed by China 1.29 billion USD, and Japan 386 million USD.

In the first half of this year, 10.02 billion USD of FDI wasdisbursed, up 0.5% year-on-year.

Meanwhile, Vietnam invested nearly 320.6 million USD in 21nations and territories in the period, down 7.3% year-on-year. Of the total,147 million USD was poured into 60 new projects, down 51.2%, while 173.7million USD was added to 16 underway ones, a year-on-year rise of 3.9 times.

Canada was the biggest receiver of Vietnamese investments,with 150.2 million USD, followed by Singapore 109 million USD, and Laos 26.3million USD./.

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