Of this figure, newly-registered FDI capital reached USD4.87 billion (up 14.6 percent) while increased capital from 121 projects reached more than USD3.34 billion.

In the first four months this year, FDI disbursement posted an estimated USD3.8 billion, a year-on-year rise of 3.9 percent. According to GSO, the country disbursed USD2.7 billion of FDI in the Jan – March period. With this, in April alone, FDI disbursement posted USD1.1 billion, down about 33 percent from the previous month.

The processing industry attracted the most FDI capital over the past four months at USD7.4 billion, making up 90.2 percent. Following it were real estate business at more than USD307 million (3.7 percent) and the rest at more than 499 million (6.1 percent).

Among 38 provinces and cities with licensed FDI projects in the first four months, Thai Nguyen had the largest registered capital at USD2 billion (41 percent). Following it were Binh Dinh at more than USD1 billion (20.7 percent), Binh Duong at USD447.2 million (9.2 percent), Dong Nai at USD282.8 million (5.8 percent), and Vinh Phuc at USD256 million (5.3 percent).

Singapore topped the list of foreign investors in Vietnam over the past four months at USD2.3 billion (47.2 percent), followed by Russia at more than USD1 billion (20.8 percent), Japan, Thailand and the Republic of Korea (RoK)./.

CPV