Nation lures 3.18 billion USD in FDI in Jan.

The nation attracted 3.18 billion USD in foreign direct investment in January, a year-on-year rise of 71.9 percent, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Of the sum, more than 2.85 billion USD was in registered capital for 40 newly-licensed projects and 32.9 million USD was in additional capital for 3 existing projects.

The newly-licensed projects include a 95 million USD trade centre building project by Thailand’s Promenada Canany Co., Ltd. a 66 million USD project of the Hoya Lens Vietnam Co., Ltd. and a 37 million USD animal feed project in the northern province of Hai Duong.

FDI businesses posted export revenues of 2.67 billion USD in Jan., a year-on-year increase of 35.5 percent. They recorded an import value of 2.35 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 87.8 percent.

They ranked second after non-State businesses in industrial production value with a year-on-year increase of 29.1 percent.

Experts hope that the country’s FDI disbursement rate would be better than that of 2009.

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