Four-month FDI reaches record level in four years

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam witnessed a significant yearly increase of 81 percent to USD 14.59 billion in the first four months of the year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The result is the highest in the past four years.

FDI disbursement also rose by 7.5 percent from the same period last year to reach USD 5.7 billion.

Up to 1,082 new projects were granted licences with total registered capital of USD 5.34 billion, up 50.4 percent from the same period last year, while 395 existing projects receiving an additional USD 2.11 billion, 94 percent of the level from the corresponding period last year.