FDI to Vietnam in the first 10 months continues to keep the positive trend in all three aspects of new registered capital, increased capital and disbursement.

According to Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, new registered capital and increased capital that foreign investors registered to invest in Vietnam reached 18.926 billion USD in the first 10 months of 2009, by 27.1% over the same period in 2008.

 

Approach disbursement target.

 

In the first 10 months of 2009, it is estimated that 8 billion USD has been disbursed in FDI projects (disbursement target in 2009 is 10 billion USD).

 

At the period there are 658 new projects were grantedInvestment certificate with a total registered capital of 14.05 billion USD in the whole coutry.

 

Foreign Investment Agency said that although the new registered capital of 14.05 billion USD is only 21.7% over the same period of 2008, the number is quite high in the context of the current economic crisis. Moreover, 179 projects registered to increase capital with a total registered increased capital of 4.87 billion USD, by 95.2% over the same period in 2008.

 

According to Foreign Investment Agency’s forecast, thanks to investment promotion programme inside and outside the country, new attracted FDI capital in 2009 is likely to exceed 20 billion USD and continue to increase in the coming years.

 

With registered capital newly issued in the last 10 months, total FDI has reached more than 174.7 billion for 10,805 valid projects since the Law on Foreign Investment taking effect.