Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Disbursement of foreign directinvestment (FDI) increased by 9.7 percent to 1.7 billion USD in the first twomonths of 2018.
The Ministry of Planning and Investment'sForeign Investment Agency also revealed that in the first two months of the year,Vietnam attracted FDI worth 3.34 billion USD, or 98.2 percent of the figure ofthe same period last year.
Of this total, 1.83 billion USD came from manufacturingand processing firms, accounting for 54.6 percent of the nation’s totalregistered capital.
Construction ranked second with 345.4 million USD and estatetrading ranked third with 312.1 million USD.
Januarysaw nearly 1.25 billion USD of FDI poured into Vietnam, equal to 75.9 percentof the figure in the same period last year.
In 2017,Vietnam remained an attractive destination for foreign investors with total FDIcapital registered in the country hitting a record high of 35.88 billion USD,up 44.4 percent year on year.
FDI disbursement last year also reached a recordhigh, increasing by 10.8 percent to 17.5 billion USD. -VNA
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