Disbursed foreign direct investment (FDI) in Viet Nam in the first three months of 2012 stood at US $2.52 billion, a decrease of 0.8% compared with the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
In March, more than US $1.5 billion was disbursed, which was remarkable in comparison with the previous months (US $400 million in January and US $600 million in February).
As of March 20, the new 120 FDI project have been registered in the period totaling US $2.26 billion, down 22.8 % from the same period last year.
Until now, 29 projects have submitted requests for investment capital rise of US $368 million, equal to 30.4% of the same period last year.
In total, new and increased capital in the first quarter of this year reached US $2.63 billion, accounting for 63.6% of the sum recorded in the same period last year.
An investment of US $1.2 billion in building a residential area in the southern province of Binh Duong has brought the real estate sector to the top position for attracting FDI so far this year.
In the processing and manufacturing industry, 51 projects were newly registered and 25 projects saw investment capital increase, with a total sum of more than US $1.17 billion, accounting for 44.6% of the total registered capital.
The logistics sector ranks third with total capital of US $180 million, accounting for 6.8%.
In the period, Japan ranks first among 26 countries and territories investing in Việt Nam with total investment of US $2.3 billion, accounting for 88.8%.
Japan’s biggest projects in Viet Nam includes the Tokyu Binh Duong residential area with US $1.2 billion, Bridgestone Viet Nam’s tyre manufacturing plant in Hai Phong City with US $574.8 million and Oshima Shipbuilding Viet Nam’s project worth US $180 million in Khanh Hoa Province./.