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FDI registered capital hits 8.43 bln USD
Foreign investors registered nearly 8.43 billion USD in FDI in the first half of the year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The figure includes 525 million USD of additional capital for 121 existing projects, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent in value, and 7.9 billion USD of newly-licenced projects, a rise of 43 percent in terms of capital compared to the same period last year.
In June, 78 new projects were licensed with total registered capital of over 800 million USD while 14 current projects asked for a combined capital raising of 122 million USD.
FIA also reported that as many as 5.4 billion USD of FDI were disbursed in the period, representing a year-on-year increase of 6 percent.
During the period, production in FDI sector saw strong recovery.
The sector exports, including crude oil, reached 17.2 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 26.2 percent.
Meanwhile, imports were estimated at 16.1 billion USD, up 49 percent over the same period last year.
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