About US$1.05 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) has been disbursed over the past two months, a year-on-year increase of 5 percent.
About US$1.05 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) has been disbursed over the past two months, a year-on-year increase of 5 percent.
The figures were released by the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).
As of February 20, total registered capital of the newly licensed FDI projects reached US$532 million, equivalent to 46.1 percent of the same period last year.
In addition, 31 operational FDI projects registered to increase their exsiting capital by US$98.3 million, equivalent to 19.7 percent compared to February 2012.
The processing and manufacturing industries ranked first, attracting a total of US$408.9 million in newly licensed and added capital, accounting for 64.9 percent of the country’s two-month total.
The healthcare sector came second with US$80 million and the real estate sector was placed third with US$50.2 million.
FDI enterprises recorded an export surplus of US$2.96 billion, contributing to the country’s trade surplus of US$1.67 billion.
Japan topped the list of foreign investors in Vietnam in the past two months with US$258 million poured in various industries. Then came Taiwan (US$81.4 million) and Singapore (US$56 million).
Dong Nai province attracted the largest FDI investment (US$214.35 million), followed by Binh Duong (US$143.9 million) and Haiphong (US$ 118 million).
Some big licensed projects included Terumo BCT Vietnam (valued at US$98 million), Shink Mark hospital (US$80 million), and Pruksa Vietnam (US$50 million).
(Source: VOV)
