As of February 20, 514 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects were licensed in Viet Nam with the total registered capital of US$2.445 billion, up 25.1% in the number of projects and 75.7% of capital against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.
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The manufacturing and processing industry takes the lead in attracting the newly-registered and additional capital over the recent two months of 2019. |
In the reviewed period, the total newly-registered and additional capital reached nearly US$3.3 billion, up 57.8% while the realized FDI capital was estimated at US$2.58 billion, up 9.8%.
As much as US$5.17 billion worth of capital contribution and share purchases was recorded in two months, 4.1 times higher than the corresponding period last year.
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Bac Ninh ranks first in attracting foreign investment in the first two months of the year with US$428.3 million, making up 17.5%. |
(http://news.chinhphu.vn/)