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FDI disbursements jump (26/03)
06/08/2010 - 15 Lượt xem
Total disbursement in the first three months of the year rose to $2.5 billion, an increase of 13.6 per cent over the same period in 2009.
Analysts have predicted that FDI disbursement rates would tend to increase this year. In January, disbursements totalled $400 million, followed by $700 million more in February and double that again this month.
During the first quarter, however, the nation attracted only $2.14 billion in FDI, equal to just 29 per cent of the same period last year.
In March, 51 projects received investment licences, with a total registered capital of $308 million. Over the first three months of the year, 139 projects were licensed, worth a combined $1.9 billion.
Among existing projects, 25 projects have registered to increase their capital by $50 million in March. During the first three months of the year, 41 projects increased their capital by a combined $215 million, 5.2 per cent higher than in the same months of 2009.
The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau continued to top the list of provinces attracting foreign investment in the first quarter, with new registered capital of $902.6 million, followed by HCM City with $448 million and the central province of Quang Ngai with $340 million.
The US remained Viet Nam's leading source of foreign investment, with $980 million in registered capital. South Korea ranked second with $585 million, followed by Singapore with $147 million.
Source: VietNamNet/Viet Nam News
