Bac Giang ranks third nationwide in FDI attraction

Updated: 15:38, 02/03/2017

(BGO) – According to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam attracted more than two billion USD in foreign direct investment from the beginning of this year to February 20 and granted new investment licenses to 313 projects, up 7.6 percent in project number and 6.5 percent in registered capital against the same period in 2016.

Illustrative imagine.

The disbursement of foreign investment in the first two months of 2017 was estimated at 1.55 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 3.3 percent.

As many as 137 projects, which were granted investment licenses in previous years, increased capital by a total 759.5 million USD.

In the period, foreign investors spent 619 million USD to buy shares.

Total foreign investment poured into Vietnam in two months hit 3.4 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 21.5 percent.

Binh Duong was the most attractive to foreign investors with total registered capital of 706.7 million USD, accounting for 34.8 percent of the new registered capital.

The runner ups were Tay Ninh with 272 million USD and Bac Giang 160.5 million USD, making up 13.4 percent and 7.9 percent of the total FDI, respectively.

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