Viet Nam attracted nearly US $5.3 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in December, bringing the total FDI this year to US $18.6 billion, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The money flew in 1,238 FDI projects for the whole year, and that accounts for 82.2% of the 2009 figure and lower than the yearly target of attracting US $22-25 billion.
Of the sum, US $17.23 billion were poured into newly licensed projects and almost US $1.4 billion was added to existing projects, reported the agency.
However, US $11 billion of FDI were disbursed this year, a year-on-year rise of 10%, according to the agency.
It is noteworthy that FDI businesses attained an export turnover of almost US $38.83 billion, a yearly increase of 27.8%./.