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$4.8 billion for the first two months of 2018.
TOP 5 FDI INVESTORS IN VIET NAM IN FEBRUARY 2018
|
Country |
Newly issued projects |
Newly-registered capital (US$ million) |
Increased capital projects |
Additional registered capital (US$ million) |
|
S. Korea |
147 |
243.56 |
38 |
272.32 |
|
BVI |
10 |
84.82 |
4 |
22.25 |
|
Singapore |
25 |
353.49 |
7 |
(44.61) |
|
Japan |
65 |
139.05 |
27 |
128.71 |
|
Hong Kong |
22 |
68.06 |
18 |
181.37 |
(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 1st to January 24th, 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...
