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FDI HITS NEARLY US$ 17 BLN IN FIRST FIVE MONTHS
FDI attraction totaled US$ 16.74 billion in the first five months of this year, representing a year-on-year growth of 69.1%, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) reported.
The MoPI estimated that the amount of FDI attraction was US$ 7.3 billion, up 7.8% against the same period last year.
As of May 20, total FDI attraction valued US$ 16.74 billion, up 69.1% against the same period last year, making a record high over the last four years (with US$ 10.1 billion in 2016; US$ 12.1 billion in 2017; US$ 9.9 billion in 2018).
In the first five months, 1,363 projects got business licenses with a total registered capital of US$ 6.46 billion, up 38.7% against 2018.
Meanwhile, 505 projects got additional capital worth US$ 2.63 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of 5.5%.
In the first five months of 2019, foreign investors spent US$ 7.65 billion to buy shares, up 2.8 times against 2018 and 45.7% of total registered capital.
Foreign investors engaged in 19 fields, of which the processing and manufacturing sector absorbed the largest amount of capital with US$ 10.5 billion, accounting for nearly 72% of total registered capital; followed by real estate with US$ 1.1 billion; wholesale and retail sale of goods and services with US$ 742.7 billion.
In the January-May period, up to 88 foreign countries and territories invested in Viet Nam. Hong Kong was the largest FDI provider with US$ 5.08 billion, accounting for 30.4% of total investment. The Republic of Korea ranked second with US$ 2.62 billion, followed by Singapore with US$ 2.09 billion.
Ha Noi was the largest FDI recipient with US$ 4.79 billion, accounting for 28.6%; followed by HCMC with US$ 2.78 billion and Binh Duong with US$ 1.25 billion.
As of May 20, Viet Nam had 28,632 projects worth US$ 350.5 billion. Total FDI disbursement was estimated at US$ 198.7 billion.
Source: VGP
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