Ha Noi attracts more investment

Foreign direct investment (FDI) flew into the capital city during the first nine months of this year, tripling last year figure for the same period to US$999.6 million, according to the municipal Statistics Office.

Of the total, $494 million came from 190 newly licensed projects while the remaining capital came from 49 existing ones, raising levels of investment capital, the office said in its socio-economic report for September.

The most significant new project was a $322 million Yen So sewage treatment plant, developed by the Gamuda Land Viet Nam Company.

Ha Noi expected to attract 455 foreign-invested, valued at $1.5 billion by the year-end, up 76 per cent year-on-year and including 390 newly licensed projects worth $760 million and 65 existing ones registering to scale up charter capital with a total of $740 million.

The city's foreign-invested sector posted its highest industrial production growth rate at 16.4 per cent in the first nine months, followed by the non State-owned sector, 11.2 per cent and the State-owned sector, 7.5 per cent.

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