Japan top foreign investor in VietnamJapan poured 6.88 billion USD, 30 percent of the total foreign direct investment (FDI), into Vietnam in the first seven months of 2018, the biggest figure among 96 countries and territories investing here. Foreign investors registered a total 22.94 billion USD for new and existing projects and buying shares in Vietnam during the period, up 4.6 percent from a year earlier. Real estate ranked second with 5.6 billion USD or 24.4 percent while the wholesale and retail sector was in third place with 1.69 billion USD or 7.4 percent. It was followed by Ho Chi Minh City with 4.12 billion USD or 17.9 percent and Ba Ria-Vung Tau province with 2.15 billion USD or 9.4 percent. As of July 20, FDI projects disbursed about 9.85 billion USD, rising by 8.8 percent from the same period last year.-VNA

Source: VietNamNet News July 26, 2018 04:30 UTC