Vietnam is likely to attract US $20 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2011, up from the 2010’s figure of US $18.6 billion, the Ministry of Planning and Investment announced recently.
Of the figure, the imbursement may reach US $11-12.5 billion in 2011, the ministry said, noting that the realized capital was US $11 billion in 2010, a year-on-year increase of 11%.
Meanwhile, FDI enterprises gained an export turnover of US $38.8 billion in 2010 or a yearly growth of 27.8%, representing 53.1% of the country’s total export value.
Besides, they contributed US $3.1 billion to the state budget and created 1.9 million jobs./.