Statistics show that foreign investment into real estate reached 2.69 billion USD in Q1 alone, higher than the 2.63 billion USD last year. It included 1.1 billion USD channeled into existing projects and 992 million USD spent on contributing capital to or buying shares from domestic firms. Specifically, the average monthly income of Binh Duong employees hit 8.6 million VND (375 USD) per capita, up 54 percent quarter-on-quarter, or 3 million VND per month. Employees in Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai had the average monthly wage of 8.9 million VND and 8.5 million VND, up 36.5 percent and 32.9 percent, or 2.4 million VND and 2.1 million VND, respectively. The average income of male workers was 7.3 million VND per month, 1.36 times higher than that of female workers (5.4 million VND per month).
