Foreign capital reaches nearly USD22 billion
Friday, 28/07/2017 22:37 (GMT+7)
As of July 20th, foreign investors in Vietnam have so far this year registered investment worth nearly USD22 billion, up 52 percent from the same period last year.
Assembly lines at Samsung Electronics Vietnam (Photo: VNA) The capital was earmarked for 18 sectors, with processing-manufacturing industry attracting the most, at USD10.38 billion. Electricity production and mining followed with USD5.25 billion and USD1.28 billion, respectively.
Registering to pump USD5.62 billion into Vietnam during the period, the Republic of Korea topped the investor list, ahead of Japan with USD5.46 billion.
An increase in foreign capital poured into joint venture and company shares was also recorded.
Thanh Hoa was where most of the investment landed, with registered foreign capital for the period amounting to USD3.06 billion. The figures for the second and third placed provinces, Bac Ninh and Nam Dinh, were USD2.95 billion and USD2.2 billion, respectively.
Also in the period, foreign direct investment projects in Vietnam disbursed a total of USD9.05 billion./.
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