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Singapore tops the largest investors in Vietnam in January
Thu Minh 18:40, 2016/01/29
In the month, 24 countries and territories poured their capital to invest in Vietnam. Singapore led the top biggest investors with the total newly-registered and additional capital of 295.47 million USD, accounting for 22.1% of the country`s total investment.
Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment said that in January, Vietnam attracted more than 1.3 billion USD in newly-registered and additional capital from foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, up 101.2% compared to the same period last year.
As of January 20, the country granted new investment licences to 127 projects with the total capital reaching over 1 billion USD, rising 157.9% against the same period a year ago. In addition, 56 projects was registered to add their capital worth 323.4 million USD, up 19.2%.

 
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According to the General Department of Statistics, in January, the country's export turnover reached 13.8 billion USD, up 0.5% againt the previous month. Of which, foreign investment sector gained 9.7 billion USD, up 4.8% compared with last month.
The phone and the device still made a large contribution to 2.5 billion USD, up 44.7% from the previous month, electronics, computers and components reached 1.4 billion USD, up 7.1%. Some fields witnessed a decrease in exports against the previous month including wood and wood products (20.5%), textiles (9.4%), footwear (5.2%) and crude oil (40%).
On the export markets, the United States remains the largest destination of Vietnam in January with a turnover estimated at 3.1 billion USD, up 17.3% compared to the same period in 2015.
In the month, the disbursement of FDI projects is estimated to reach 800 million USD, a year-on-year increase of 23.1%.
In January, 24 countries and territories poured their capital to invest  in Vietnam. Singapore led the top biggest investors with the total newly-registered and additional capital of 295.47 million USD, accounting for 22.1% of the total investment in the country.
Malaysia and China ranked the second and third with 243.57 million USD and 179.51 million USD respectively, making up 18.2% and 13.4% of the total investment in the country.
Hanoi was the most attractive locality with 15 newly-licensed projects and seven registered to add their capital, reaching 243.51 million USD.
The runner-ups were southern Dong Nai province and HCM City with a respective total newly-registered and additional capital of 183 million USD and 163.43 million USD.
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