The Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Department of Foreign Investment reported that by the end of the third quarter of 2010, disbursement of FDI projects reached more than USD 8 billion, a 4.8% increase year on year.

 

 

In the first nine months of 2010, Vietnam had 720 licensed projects with a total capital of more than USD 11 billion.

 

According to the Department of Foreign Investment, over the past nine months, 153 projects registered with an increased capital of USD 783 million.

 

On the whole, in the first nine months of 2010, total FDI capital in Vietnam reached USD 12.19 billion.

 

48 countries and territories poured capital in projects in Vietnam. The biggest investors include the Netherlands with USD 2.2 billion, the Republic of Korea with more than USD 2 billion, and the U.S with USD 1.87 billion.

(CPV)