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Vietnam receives 36 billion USD from FDI in 2017
Nguyen Tung 15:11, 2017/12/25
In overall for 12 months of 2017, total value of newly, additionally registered capital, capital contributed and shares bought by foreign investors of 35.88 billion USD, up 44.4% compared to the same period of 2016.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Planning & Investment, as of December 20, Vietnam has nearly 25,000 projects in valid with total registered capital of 318.72 billion USD. The accumulated of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Vietnam reached 172.35 billion USD, equivalent to 54% of registered capital in valid. 
 
Total value of newly, additionally registered capital, capital contributed and shares bought by foreign investors of 35.88 billion USD in 2017.
Total value of newly, additionally registered capital, capital contributed and shares bought by foreign investors of 35.88 billion USD in 2017.
Foreign investors have invested in 19 out of 21 fields of the economy, in which the industrial manufacturing and processing contributed the highest rate with 186.1 billion USD, equivalent to 58.4% of total investment. 

After that is real estate with 53.1 billion USD, contributing to 16.7% of total investment, production, electricity and gas provision with 20.8 billion USD, contributing to 6.5% of total investment. There are 125 countries and regions have ongoing projects in Vietnam, as the top country is Korea with total registered capital of 57.66 billion USD (contributing to 18.1% of total investment). Japan is in second place with 49.46 billion USD (contributing to 15.5% of total investment), and the next are Singapore, Taiwan, British Virgin Island, and Hong Kong. 

Foreign investments are available in 63 provinces/cities of Vietnam, in which Ho Chi Minh city is the top attracting FDI destination with 44 billion USD (contributing to 13.8% of total investment). After that is Binh Duong with 30.18 billion USD (contributing to 9.5% of total investment), Dong Nai with 27.34 billion USD (contributing to 8.6% of total investment), Hanoi with 27.28 billion USD (8.5% of total investment).

In overall for 12 months of 2017, total value of newly, additionally registered capital, capital contributed and shares bought by foreign investors of 35.88 billion USD, up 44.4% compared to the same period of 2016. Specifically, in 2017, there are 2,591 newly approved projects with total registered capital of 21.27 billion USD, up 42.3% compared to the same period of 2016. 

Besides, there are 1,188 projects with additional registered capital amounting to 8.51 billion USD, up 49.2% compared to the same period of 2016 and 5,002 times of share purchasing of 6.19 billion USD, up 45.1% compared to 2016. 

In 2017, disbursement rate of FDI in Vietnam reached 17.5 billion USD, up 10.8% compared to the same period of last year. Also, foreign investors have invested in 19 fields of the economy, in which the industrial processing and manufacturing reached 15.87 billion USD, contributing to 44.2% of total investment. Fields of production and electricity provision have registered capital of 8.37 billion USD, contributing to 23.3% of total investment. In third place is real estate with total registered capital of 3.05 billion USD, contributing to 8.5%.

Also in 2017, there are 115 countries and regions investing in Vietnam, with Japan in the first place with total investment fund of 9.11 billion USD, contributing to 25.4% of total investment. Korea is in the second place with total registered capital of 8.49 billion USD, contributing to 23.7%; Singapore is in third place with total registered capital 5.3 billion USD, contributing to 14.8%.
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