According to the report of the Foreign Investment Agency, the Ministry of Planning and Investment, in January 2019, the total newly registered, increased and contributed capital to buy shares of foreign investors reached 1.9 billion USD, increase by 51.9% over the same period in 2018. It shows that foreign investors are very interested to invest in Vietnam
In particular, foreign direct investment (FDI) from the beginning of the year until January 20th 2019 had 226 new licensing projects with a registered capital of 805 million USD, increase by 36.1% in the number of projects and increase by 81.9% in registered capital compared to the same period in 2018.
Besides, there are 72 licensed projects from previous years registered to adjust investment capital with an additional capital of 340.3 million USD, decrease by 25.5% compared to the same period last year. Thus, the total newly registered and additional registered capital reached more than 1.145 billion USD, increase by 27.3% over the same period in 2018.
In the month, there were 489 turns of capital contribution and shares purchase of foreign investors with a total capital contribution of 761.9 million USD, increase by 114% compared to the same period in 2018; In which, there are 72 turns of capital contribution and share purchase to increase the charter capital of the enterprise with the value of 384.91 million USD and 417 turns of foreign investors buying domestic shares without increasing the capital, valued at 376.97 million USD.
Also in January, the realized FDI capital was estimated at over 1.55 billion USD, increase by 9.2% over the same period in 2018.
Export of foreign investment sector (including crude oil) reached 13.58 billion USD, equaling 94.9% compared to the same period in 2018 and accounting for 67.9% of export turnover. Export excluding crude oil reached 13.4 billion USD, equaling 95% over the same period in 2018 and accounted for 67% of export turnover.
According to the Foreign Investment Agency, FDI capital of new projects in the month focused mainly on processing and manufacturing industries with a registered capital of 591 million USD, accounting for 73.4% of the total new registered capital; Transportation and warehousing industry reached 65.3 million USD, accounting for 8.1%.
Water supply, waste management and handling activities reached 59.2 million USD, accounting for 7.4%; the remaining sectors reached 89.5 million USD, accounting for 11.1%.
From the beginning of 2019, Japan has poured investment capital of nearly 364 million USD, accounting for 19% of the total investment, leading 51 countries and territories with investment projects in Vietnam. The proof is that the Kyoshin Limited Liability Company (Vietnam) granted an amended investment registration certificate dated January 17th 2019 to increase its investment capital by 134.7 million USD.
This is a project invested by Japanese investors in Ho Chi Minh City since 1995 with the goal of manufacturing, processing and exporting electrical components, molds.
Or as Katolec Global Logistics Vietnam project, which was invested by Katolec Corporation (Japan) with a total investment of 65 million USD with the goal of warehousing and storing goods in Ha Nam; Sews-Components Vietnam Factory II project, with a total registered investment capital of 64.89 million USD, invested by Japanese investors in Hung Yen…
Ranked no.2 is Korea with a total registered investment capital of 349.1 million USD, accounting for 18.3% of the total investment capital in Vietnam. China ranked third with total registered investment capital of 307.8 million USD, accounting for 16.1% of total investment capital.
Regarding investment location, foreign investors have invested in 39 provinces and cities, of which, Ho Chi Minh City attracts the most foreign investment with a total registered capital of 745.7 million USD, accounting for 39.1% of total investment capital.
Binh Duong ranked second with total registered capital of 240 million USD, accounting for 12.5% of total investment capital. Hai Duong ranked third with total registered capital of 125.7 million USD, accounting for 6.5% of total investment capital.
In January 2019, there were 4 projects granted certificates of investment registration abroad with total investment capital of Vietnam of 1.05 million USD; in which, there are 2 projects in the field of retail and wholesale with total investment capital of Vietnam is 600 thousand USD, accounting for 47.9% of total investment capital.
The remaining two projects are in the field of professional science, technology, information and communication activities. Countries receiving investment from Vietnam in January 2019 are Singapore, Finland, Japan and the United States.
Also in January 2019, there was 01 project to adjust investment capital with an additional investment of 200,000 USD in Vietnam. In general, in January 2019, the total investment capital of Vietnam to abroad and newly granted increased by 1.25 million USD.
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