The newest update from Foreign Investment Agency (FIA - Ministry of Planning and Investment) showed that Dong Nai was the leading province in FDI attraction in quarter I - 2016.
Specifically, in the first 3 months, Dong Nai has attracted 26 newly invested projects and 34 existed projects registered to expand capital with the total new capital of 398 million USD, accounting for 14.5% of national total investment capital. Bac Ninh ranks the 2nd place with the total new capital of 398 million USD, 9.8% of national total investment capital. The 3rd place is for Binh Duong with the total new capital of 371 million USD, 9.2% of national total investment capital.
Therewith, according to the FIA, in quarter I - 2016, foreign investors has invested in 19 fields, in which, processing industry got the most attention from the foreign investors with 216 newly invested projects and the new investment capital of 2.9 million USD, 72.2 % of the total registered capital in quarter I, went beyond the 2nd biggest field – real estate. Beside, Korean is the biggest investor in Vietnam in quarter 1 with the total registered capital of about 900 million USD.
Kim Ngan
