Dong Nai lures over US$900 million of FDI in nine months

10:10, 07/10/2013

(ĐN)- Dong Nai attracted more than US$900 million of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of this year, according to the latest report by the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.

(ĐN)- Dong Nai attracted more than US$900 million of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of this year, according to the latest report by the provincial Department of Planning and Investment.

Since the beginning of the year, the province licensed 57 new projects with total registered capital of nearly US$386 million, while 53 existing projects were allowed to add a combined 515 million USD to their investment.

In the period, Vietnam attracted more than US$15 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first nine months of this year, an increase of 36.1 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Planning and Investment reported.

Of the figure, nearly $9.3 billion was poured into 872 newly-licenced projects, a yearly increase of 34.9 percent, while the rest $5.7 billion was added to 340 existing projects, up 37.9 percent.

Reported by V.L