VGP – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Viet Nam has officially outstripped US$ 20 billion in 2013, an impressive achievement attained during a hard time facing economies everywhere, said the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI).
According to the MoPI’s updated report, as of November 20, 2013, 1.175 new projects were granted investment licenses withatotal registered capital of US$ 13.779 billion, posting a year-on-year increase of 73.3%.
Meanwhile, 446 projects got additional capital of US$ 7.036 billion, up 26.9% against 2012.
In the January-November period, the total amount of newly-registered andadditional capital valued US$ 20.815 billion, jumping 54.2% against the same period last year.
Foreign investors have engaged in 18 sectors of which the processing and manufacturing industry drew much attention with 557 newly-registeredprojects worthover US$ 16 billion, representing 77.2% of total capital.
The electricity, gas, water and air con production and distribution ranked second by attracting US$2.03 billion (9.8% of capital); followed by real estate with US$ 884 million.
In the first 11 months, 54countries and territories had FDI projects in Viet Nam. Japan took the lead with US$5.682 billion (occupying 27.3%); followed by Singapore with US$ 4.2 billion (20.6%); the Republic of Korea with US$ 4.129 billion (19.8%).
The northern province of Thai Nguyen was the most attractive FDI destination by luring US$ 3.357 billion and making up 16.1% of total registered capital; followed by Thanh Hoa with US$ 2.8 billion and Hai Phong with US$2.606 billion.
In the January-November period, around US$ 10.55 billion of FDI was disbursed, up 5.5% against the same period last year.
The FDI sector shipped US$81.16 billion of goods (including crude oil), up 23.5% against 2012, which made up of over 67% of the country’s total export revenue.
Meanwhile, import of the FDI sector was estimated at US$ 68.9 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 26% and occupying 56.92% of total import volume.
In the first 11 months of 2013, the FDI sector ran a trade surplus of US$ 12.218 billion whilethe country faced a trade deficit of US$ 96 million./.