Nghe An continues to be in the top 10 attracting the highest foreign investment capital in the country in the first 3 months of 2023
(Baonghean.vn) - The above information has just been announced by the Foreign Investment Agency, Ministry of Planning and Investment on the foreign investment situation in Vietnam in the first 3 months of 2023.
In the first 3 months of this year (January 1, 2023 - March 20, 2023), foreign investors invested in 44 provinces and cities across the country. Bac Giang took the lead with a total registered investment capital of more than 1.1 billion USD, accounting for nearly 20.3% of the total registered investment capital and 5.2 times higher than the same period in 2021.
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Nghe An ranked 10th in attracting FDI in the first three months of the year. Graphics: Foreign Investment Agency |
Dong Nai ranked second with 18 new projects, total registered investment capital of more than 607 million USD, accounting for more than 11.1% of total investment capital nationwide, 3 times higher than the same period.
The following positions are respectively provinces and cities with the corresponding foreign investment capital attracted: Bac Ninh (516.65 million USD), Ho Chi Minh City (497.53 million USD), Hai Phong (455.47 million USD), Binh Duong (445.85 million USD); Quang Ninh (441.82 million USD), Long An (181.83 million USD), Hung Yen (169.77 million USD). Ranked 10th is Nghe An, attracting 2 foreign direct investment projects with a total registered capital of 164.95 million USD.
If calculated by the North Central and Central Coast regions, Nghe An ranked first among 14 provinces and cities in attracting FDI in the first 3 months of the year. Next are Thanh Hoa (47.49 million USD), Thua Thien Hue (22.76 million USD), Da Nang (13.51 million USD), Quang Ngai (11.89 million USD), Ninh Thuan (4 million USD), Binh Thuan (3.86 million USD), Binh Dinh (2.18 million USD), Ha Tinh (1.65 million USD), Khanh Hoa (1.01 million USD), Quang Tri (0.3 million USD), Quang Nam (0.09 million USD); only Quang Binh and Phu Yen provinces have not attracted FDI capital in the first 3 months of this year.
With the FDI capital attracted in the first 3 months of this year, according to the data announced by the Foreign Investment Agency, Ministry of Planning and Investment, up to now, Nghe An province has 132 valid FDI projects, with a total registered investment capital of more than 2.737 billion USD.
In 2022, newly granted and adjusted FDI capital invested in Nghe An reached more than 961.3 million USD, bringing Nghe An into the top 10 localities attracting the largest FDI in the country for the first time.
Of which, investment in the Economic Zone and industrial parks has 4 newly licensed projects with a total registered investment capital of 4,256.2 billion VND (accounting for 13.3% in terms of number of projects and 86.2% in terms of total investment capital).
The newly granted major projects in the first quarter of 2023 are the Tho Loc Industrial Park Infrastructure Investment and Business Project (Phase 1) in the Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone of VSIP Nghe An Company Limited: 164.6 million USD (equivalent to 3,826.9 billion VND); Siba Nghe An High-Tech Mechanical Factory in Zone C - Nam Cam Industrial Park of SIBA High-Tech Mechanical Group Joint Stock Company: 320 billion VND; Nghia Dan Export Garment Factory in Nghia Lam Commune, Nghia Dan District of Vietnam Garment Company Limited: 225 billion VND... Adjusting the Investment Registration Certificate for the Auto Parts Manufacturing Project in WHA Industrial Park of Nagoya Vietnam Industry Company Limited, specifically adjusting the total investment to increase by 216 billion VND...