According to report of the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) - Ministry of Planning and Investment, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 6 months of 2014 continued to have positive changes. Although the country’s socio-economic situation has still faced difficulties and challenges, realized investment capital in the first 6 months of 2014 still reached US$ 5.75 billion (increased by 0.9% over the same period last year). Newly-registered capital and the additional registered capital reached US$ 6.85 billion.
By sectors: The processing, manufacturing sector continued to rank 1st with 70.2% of the registered capital, the construction sector ranked 2nd with 6.8% of the registered capital and the real estate sector ranked 3rd.
By partners: There were 41 countries and territories investing in the first 6 months of 2014. Korea topped the FDI list with the total registered investment capital of US$ 1.55 billion, accounting for 22.6%; the second was Hong Kong with the total registered investment capital of US$ 1 billion and the third was Japan with the total registered investment capital of US$ 806 million.
By areas: The areas with favorable conditions located in the key economic Southern and Northen regions still took the lead in attracting FDI. HCM city ranked first (US$ 886.3 million of registered capital), Binh Duong ranked second (US$ 876.05 million of registered capital) and Dong Nai ranked third (US$ 688.37 million of registered capital).
Central Vietnam
In the first 6 months of 2014, 13 provinces in Central Vietnam from Quang Tri to Khanh Hoa (including 5 Highland provinces) have attracted 36 new projects with the registered capital of over US$ 343.4 million.
Binh Dinh ranked first (US$ 126.6 million of registered capital), Da Nang ranked second (US$ 98.9 million of registered capital) and Quang Nam ranked third (US$ 71.6 million of registered capital).
FDI into Central Vietnam in the first 6 months of 2014
Resource: IPCC
By the first 6 months of 2014, this region has attracted 928 FDI projects with the total registered capital of over US$ 26.2 billion, accounting for 5.59 % of the number of projects and 10.95% of the registered capital as compared with the whole country. Among them, Central Key Economic Zone has attracted 606 projects with the registered capital of over US$ 17.07 billion (65.05% of the whole region).
FDI into Central Vietnam in 1988 - June of 2014
Hong Loan - IPCC