There are 1,188 projects with additional registered capital amounting to 8.51 billion USD, up 49.2% compared to the same period of 2016 and 5,002 times of share purchasing of 6.19 billion USD, up 45.1% compared to 2016.
In overall of the 12 months of 2017, total value of newly, additionally registered capital, capital contributed and shares bought by foreign investors of 35.88 billion USD, up 44.4% compared to the same period of 2016. In 2017, disbursement rate of FDI in Vietnam reached 17.5 billion USD, up 10.8% compared to the same period of last year.
Foreign investors have invested in 19 out of 21 fields of the economy, in which the industrial manufacturing and processing contributed the highest rate with 186.1 billion USD, equivalent to 58.4% of total investment. After that is real estate with 53.1 billion USD, contributing to 16.7% of total investment, production, electricity and gas provision with 20.8 billion USD, contributing to 6.5% of total investment. There are 125 countries and regions have ongoing projects in Vietnam, as the top country is Korea with total registered capital of 57.66 billion USD (contributing to 18.1% of total investment). Japan is in second place with 49.46 billion USD (contributing to 15.5% of total investment), and the next are Singapore, Taiwan, British Virgin Island, and Hong Kong.
Also in 2017, there are 115 countries and regions investing in Vietnam, with Japan in the first place with total investment fund of 9.11 billion USD, contributing to 25.4% of total investment. Korea is in the second place with total registered capital of 8.49 billion USD, contributing to 23.7%; Singapore is in third place with total registered capital 5.3 billion USD, contributing to 14.8%.
At present, Ho Chi Minh is attracting the most FDI with total registered capital of 6.5 billion USD, contributing 18.1% of total investment. In the second place is Bac Ninh with total registered capital of 3.4 billion USD, contributing 9.5% of total investment and in the third place is Thanh Hoa with total registered capital of 3.17 billion USD, contributing 8.8% of total registered capital.
Some big projects were approved in 2017 are the Nghi Son No.2 Thermal power plant with total investment of 2.79 billion USD from Japanese investor in Thanh Hoa with tasks of design, construction, operation and transfer after completing the plant with capacity of 1,200 MW; Van Phong No.1 Thermal power plant with total investment of 2.58 billion USD from Japanese investor in Khanh Hoa with tasks of design, construction, operation and transfer after completing the plant with capacity of 1,320 MW.
