InJanuary-February, the FDI sector enjoyed nearly 5.5 billion USD in tradesurplus, with exports exceeding 37 billion USD, up 32 percent year on year,while imports totalling 31.51 billion USD, up 30.8 percent.
Amongsub-sectors, the machinery, tools and parts posted the largest export growth 77percent, increasing 2.44 billion USD. It was followed by phones and spare parts(2.2 billion USD, or 29 percent), and electronics and parts (1.85 billion USD,or 34 percent).
Asof February 20, 5.46 billion USD worth of FDI was injected into Vietnam,equivalent to 84.4 percent of the figure recorded in the same time last year,according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Asmany as 126 foreign projects were granted investment licences with totalregistered capital of 3.31 billion USD, a year-on-year fall of 33.9 percent.
Meanwhile,115 existing projects adjusted their investment capital with a total additionalsum of 1.61 billion USD, or 2.5 times higher than the same time last year.
Capitalcontributions and shares purchases by foreign investors stood at 543.1 millionUSD, down 34.4 percent.
Foreigninvestors pumped capital in 17 sectors, with processing and manufacturing holdingthe lead with over 3 billion USD or 55.7 percent, followed by power productionand distribution with 1.44 billion USD (26.5 percent), real estate 485 millionUSD, and science-technology nearly 153 million USD./.