Saturday, 30/03/2019 11:23 (GMT+7)
Vietnam sees a new record in foreign investment capital in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.
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Specifically, as of March 20
th, total newly-registered and added capital; capital contributions and share purchases of foreign investors reached USD10.8 billion, an 86.2% increase from the same period last year. Meanwhile, the figures of the same period were USD5.8 billion in 2018, USD7.71 billion in 2017 and USD4.03 billion in 2016.
Hanoi now takes the lead in foreign investment attraction with a total registered capital of more than USD4.15 billion, followed by Ho Chi Minh city and Binh Duong.
In the quarter, disbursement of foreign-invested capital reached USD4.12 billion, a 6.2% rise from the same period last year.
Processing and manufacturing attracted the most foreign investment capital with USD8.4 billion, making up 77.7% of the total, followed by real estate business and science and technology./.
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