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FDI Viet Nam

Foreign direct investment (FDI) pledges to Vietnam over the first two months of 2018 dropped by 1.8% year on year to US$3.34 billion but disbursements rose by 9.7% to US$1.7 billion. Manufacturing remained the most attractive sector to foreign investors, receiving commitments of US$1.83 billion, and accounting for more than half of total pledges.The construction sector received the second largest chunk of FDI with US$345.4 million, followed the by the property sector with US$312.1 million.

Among the 60 countries and territories investing in Vietnam in early 2018, the Republic of Korea came out on top with US$851.2 million, or a quarter of total capital, followed by the British Virgin Islands and Singapore with US$450 million and US$418.5 million respectively.

During the January-February period, exports by the foreign-invested sector reached nearly US$24 billion, with oil revenues accounting for 71.3% of Vietnam’s total export turnover.

The sector also imported goods worth US$19.2 billion, meaning it ran a trade surplus of US$4.8 billion for the first two months of 2018.

TOP 5 FDI INVESTORS IN VIET NAM IN FEBRUARY 2018

(Source: Foreign Investment Agency –Ministry of Planning and Investment)

FDI Da Nang

According to the statistics of Da Nang Department of Planning and Investment, from January 1^st to January 24^th, 2018, 06 FDI projects were granted the Investment Registration Certificates with the total registered capital of USD 542,600. 01 FDI projects increased their registered capital with a total capital of USD 42,400; 02 projects contributing capitals and buying shares worth VND 9.5 billion.

As of January, 2018, there were 559 FDI projects in force with total registered investment of US$3 billion.

The city also actively promoted 22 projects with the total expected investment capital of USD 769 million in such fields as health care, education, energy, ICT, hi-tech industries and logistics...