More than 8.8 billion USD of foreign investment capital into Vietnam in 4 months
77 countries and territories invested in Vietnam in the first four months of this year. Of these, Singapore took the lead with a total investment capital of nearly 2.2 billion USD.
According to data from the Foreign Investment Agency (Ministry of Planning and Investment) on foreign investment attraction, as of April 20, 2023, the total newly registered, adjusted, and contributed capital to buy shares and purchase capital contributions by foreign investors reached nearly 8.88 billion USD, equal to 82.1% compared to the same period in 2022.
Meanwhile, realized capital is estimated at about 5.85 billion USD, down 1.2% over the same period in 2022.
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| 77 countries and territories invested in Vietnam in the first four months of the year. Photo: Le Anh Dung |
There were 750 new projects granted investment registration certificates, with total registered capital reaching more than 4.1 billion USD, an increase of 65.2% in the number of projects and 11.1% in capital compared to the same period last year.
Along with that, there were 386 projects registered to adjust investment capital, an increase of 19.5% over the same period, with total additional investment capital reaching nearly 1.66 billion USD.
In addition, there were 1,044 transactions of capital contribution to buy shares by foreign investors, up 1.8% over the same period, with the total value of capital contribution reaching more than 3.1 billion USD, up 70.4% over the same period.
By investment sector, in the first four months of the year, FDI investors invested in 18 out of 21 national economic sectors.
Specifically, the processing and manufacturing industry took the lead with total investment capital reaching more than 5.1 billion USD, accounting for 57.8% of total registered investment capital.
The finance and banking sector ranked second with a total investment capital of more than 1.5 billion USD, accounting for more than 17% of total registered investment capital.
Real estate business ranked third with registered capital of nearly 972 million USD.
According to investment partners, data shows that 77 countries and territories have invested in Vietnam in the first four months of the year.
Of which, Singapore leads with a total investment capital of nearly 2.2 billion USD, accounting for more than 24.7% of the total investment capital in Vietnam, down 29.5% over the same period in 2022.
Notably, Japan ranked second with nearly 2 billion USD, accounting for more than 22.1% of total investment capital, 2.63 times higher than the same period.
China ranked third with a total registered investment capital of nearly 752 million USD, accounting for nearly 8.5% of total investment capital, down 30% over the same period. Followed by Taiwan (China), Hong Kong (China), South Korea...
But in terms of number of projects, Korea leads the country in the number of new investment projects and the number of capital adjustment projects.
As of April 20, Vietnam had 37,065 valid projects with a total registered capital of nearly 445.9 billion USD.
The accumulated realized capital of foreign investment projects is estimated at more than 279.8 billion USD, equal to nearly 62.8% of the total registered investment capital still in effect.