People in Timor-Leste register for Viettel’s 4G SIM card. (Photo: enternews.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese enterprises invested 277.4 million USD in 30countries and territories in the first seven months of this year, theMinistry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) said inits latest report.
Duringthe period, the firms received investment licences for 90 new projects worth 180.1million USD. They were also allowed to raise their investment in 21underway projects by 97.3 million USD.
Spain attracted the largest share of Vietnamese investment in the sevenmonths with 59.8 million USD, accounting for 22 percent of thetotal investment. It was followed by the US with 45.7 million USD, or16.5 percent of the capital.
Othermarkets receiving Vietnamese investments were Australia with 45million USD, Cambodia with 39 million USD and Singapore with 35 millionUSD.
In thereviewed period, the retail sector was the most attractive sector forVietnamese businesses overseas markets, luring 94.3 million USD or equivalentto 34 percent of total capital. The science and technology sector camenext with 83.4 million USD or 30 percent while the banking sector rankedthird with 37 million USD or 13.5 percent.-VNA
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