A corner of Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: VNA)HCM City (VNA) – The southern economichub of Ho Chi Minh City attracted more 4.69 billion USD in foreign directinvestment (FDI) in the first seven months of 2018, a year-on-year rise of 70.5percent.
According to the municipal Department ofPlanning and Investment, the city granted new investment licenses to 553projects worth 508.25 million USD in the period under review. Besides, it alsoallowed 148 existing projects to increase capital by 453.38 million USD, arespective year-on-year increase of 27.6 percent and 13.3 percent.
Local authorities also approved 1,628 foreigninvestors to carry out procedures to contribute capital, purchase shares, andbuy back capital of 3.73 billion USD contributed by domestic enterprises.
The Republic of Korea made up the lion’s shareof foreign investment in HMC City with 30 percent, followed by Singapore (22percent), Norway (13.8 percent), and Japan (10.4 percent).
Investment was mainly poured into real estate(47.6 percent), science and technology (19.5 percent), wholesale and retail andrepair of automobiles, motorcycles and other vehicles (8.1 percent), processingand manufacturing industry (7.7 percent), accommodation and catering services(4.2 percent).
In the January-July period, the city granted establishmentlicenses to 24,303 new domestic businesses with a total registered capital of315 trillion VND (13.4 million USD), an annual rise of 5.8 percent and 6percent respectively.-VNA
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