According to data just released by the Foreign Investment Agency, as of May 20, the total registered foreign investment (FDI) capital in Vietnam reached nearly 10.86 billion USD, down 7.3% over the same period last year. Of which, newly registered capital reached more than 5.26 billion USD, up 27.8% over the same period last year; adjusted capital reached 2.28 billion USD, down 59.4% over the same period and investment capital through capital contribution and share purchase reached nearly 3.32 billion USD, up 67.2% over the same period.
The Foreign Investment Agency commented that after 5 months, the situation of attracting foreign investment into Vietnam has improved significantly.
Japanese investor's stake purchase in banking sector pushes FDI into the industry to surge
The data also shows that in the 5 months, projects with investment capital of less than 1 million USD accounted for nearly 70% of new projects, but the total investment capital only accounted for nearly 2.2% of the total newly registered capital in the 5 months. According to the Foreign Investment Agency, small and medium-sized foreign investors continue to be interested in and confident in Vietnam's investment environment and have made new investment decisions. However, large corporations are still cautious, considering the impact of the global minimum tax policy.
In addition, another clear improvement is that investment capital through capital contribution and share purchase continued to increase compared to the same period last year. Among them, it is necessary to mention the project of buying shares of Japanese investors at VPBank, with a total transaction value of up to 1.5 billion USD.
In terms of investment, in the past 5 months, the leading FDI capital flow was the processing and manufacturing industry with a total investment capital of more than 6.64 billion USD, accounting for 61.2% of the total registered investment capital and down 2.5% over the same period. Second was the banking and finance industry with more than 1.53 billion USD, accounting for more than 14.1% of the total registered investment capital and up 12 times over the same period. Third was real estate business with 1.16 billion USD (down 61.3%); science and technology with nearly 481 million USD (up 28.3%)...
In terms of location, Hanoi is leading with a total registered investment capital of nearly 1.87 billion USD, accounting for nearly 17.2% of the total registered investment capital and increasing nearly 2.7 times compared to the same period last year; Bac Giang ranked second with a total registered investment capital of more than 1 billion USD, accounting for more than 9.4% of the total investment capital nationwide, increasing nearly 2.4 times compared to the same period. Next are Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Dong Nai...
Regarding investment partners, the Foreign Investment Agency said that Singapore continued to lead with a total investment capital of more than 2.53 billion USD, accounting for more than 23.3% of the total investment capital in Vietnam, down 14.3% over the same period in 2022; Japan ranked second with nearly 2.1 billion USD, accounting for nearly 19.1% of the total investment capital, nearly 2.2 times higher than the same period; China ranked third with a total registered investment capital of nearly 1.61 billion USD, accounting for 14.8% of the total investment capital, up 41.9% over the same period. Next are Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea...
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