[NEWS] - The first 6 months of 2022: Vietnam got FDI attraction reaches over 14.03 billion USD

According to the Foreign Investment Agency, Ministry of Planning and Investment, in the first half of 2022, the total foreign investment capital (FDI) newly registered, adjusted and contributed capital to buy shares in Vietnam reached over 14 billion USD. 

Specifically, as of June 20, 2022, the total newly registered capital, adjusted and contributed capital to buy shares and purchase capital contributions from foreign investors reached over 14.03 billion USD, equaling 91.1 billion USD. % over the same period in 2021.

The whole country has 752 new projects granted investment registration certificates (down 6.5% over the same period), with a total registered capital of over 4.94 billion USD (down 48.2% over the same period last year). 

In addition, there were 487 times of projects registered to adjust their investment capital (up 5.9% over the same period), with the total additional registered capital reaching nearly 6.82 billion USD (up 65.6% compared to the same period last year). same period); 1,707 times of capital contribution and share purchase by foreign investors (down 8% over the same period), with the total value of contributed capital reaching over USD 2.27 billion (up 41.4% over the same period).

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According to the Foreign Investment Agency, although newly registered capital has not fully recovered after the interruption of anti-epidemic measures in 2021, adjusted capital and capital contribution and share purchase have continued to increase sharply. 65.6% and 41.4%, respectively. Adjusted capital if calculated separately for each month, apart from the decrease in March and May, the remaining months all increased sharply with an increase ranging from 90% to nearly 4.7 times compared to the same period in 2021.

“Adjusted investment capital increases, on the one hand, shows that foreign investors continue to put their faith in the economy and investment environment of Vietnam and make investment decisions to expand projects. exist. On the other hand, it partly reflects the impact of inflation, rising prices due to the influence of political and trade conflicts in the world", the Foreign Investment Department said.

According to data from the Foreign Investment Agency, in the first six months of 2022, foreign investors invested in 18 industries out of a total of 21 national economic sectors. In which, the processing and manufacturing industry continued to lead with a total investment of nearly 8.84 billion USD, accounting for nearly 63% of the total registered investment capital. Real estate business ranked second with total investment capital of over 3.15 billion USD, accounting for 22.5% of total registered investment capital. Next is the information and communication industries; scientific and technological activities with a total registered capital of nearly 442.6 million USD and 408.5 million USD respectively...

However, in terms of the number of new projects, wholesale, retail, processing industry, manufacturing and professional science and technology activities are the industries that attract the most projects, accounting for 30, respectively. 1%, 25.4% and 16.5% of total projects.

Regarding investment partners, 84 countries and territories have invested in Vietnam in the first 6 months of this year. In which, Singapore leads with a total investment of over 4.1 billion USD, accounting for 29.5% of total investment capital in Vietnam; Korea ranked second with over 2.66 billion USD, accounting for nearly 19% of total investment capital.

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