(Reuters photo)HANOI -- Vietnam forecasts disbursed foreign direct investment to rise to a record this year as the government steps up efforts to attract more manufacturing. Disbursed FDI will exceed US$16 billion this year, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Dang Huy Dong said in an interview in Hanoi on Thursday. Pledged foreign investment will increase up to $28 billion, he said. “FDI growth is very impressive so far this year and we expect it to continue,” Dong said. The World Bank predicts economic growth will exceed 6% until 2019, among the world’s fastest.

Source: Bangkok Post August 04, 2017 09:22 UTC