Registered FDI capital on decline

Forty Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects were granted licenses with a total registered capitalisation of US$182.3 million in January, equal to 15.6 percent of the level recorded in the same period of last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

With another five projects newly added with US$5.3 million, the total amount of foreign investment capital reached no more than US$187.6 million, showing a sharp decrease of 84.3 percent.

By late January, as much as US$420 million had been disbursed, up by 5 percent.

vov

>   World Bank looks to enhance investment climate (30/01/2011)

>   Cambodia inflation pressures mount (29/01/2011)

>   Inflation level "manageable" (29/01/2011)

>   Hope alive despite poor construction data (27/01/2011)

>   15 officials to have training in Japan (25/01/2011)

>   Laos moving towards regional, global economic integration (20/01/2011)

>   7th Lao business forum to further find solutions  (20/01/2011)

>   Lao gov't urged to raise minimum wage amid high inflation (20/01/2011)

>   Govt to seek solutions to all business problems (20/01/2011)

>   Phu Bia sets example in sustainable human resources development (18/01/2011)