Although new registered capital and adjusted capital increased over the same period, foreign investors' share purchase capital decreased sharply, reducing the total investment capital.
However, in terms of value, the registered capital in the first 4 months of 2020 still increased compared to the same period in 2016-2018 (up 52.3% compared to 2018, 16.4% compared to 2017 and 79%.compared to 2016). The decrease in 4 months is also less than in the first 3months.
Of which, 984 new projects were granted Investment Registration Certificates (GCNKĐTTĐT), total registered capital reached US $6.78 billion, down 9.1% in the number of projects and up 26.9% in capital registered investment compared to the same period in 2019. The increase in investment capital is due to the new LNG project with a total investment capital of 4 billion USD, accounting for 4 billion USD in the first 4 months of the year. 59% of the total newly registered capital pushed the average project size to increase over the same period, from USD 4.9 million in 2019 to USD 6.9 million in 2020.
Regarding the adjusted capital, there are335 times of registered projects with an adjusted capital of over US $ 3.07billion, up 45.6% over the same period in 2019. The adjusted capital increased sharply after a continuous decrease in the first 3 months of 2020, due to the Vietnam Southern Petrochemical Complex Project in Ba Ria - Vung Tau adjusted to increase the investment capital by US $ 1,386 billion. However, the number of projects adjusted capital in the first 4 months still decreased by 5.2% over the same period.
For capital contribution and share purchase, there are 3,210 times of capital contribution and share purchase offoreign investors with a total value of nearly US $ 2.48 billion, up 32.9% of the number of capital contribution, share purchase and equal to 34.7 % compared to the same period in 2019. Although the number of times of capital contribution and share purchase has increased, the scale of small capital contribution, on average, is only US $ 0.77 million / capital contribution, much smaller than the average scale over the same period. The structure of value of capital contribution and share purchase in total registered investment capital also decreased significantly compared to the same period, from 48.9% in 4 months of 2019 to 20.1% in 4 months of 2020.
By investment field, foreign investor shave invested in 18 industries and fields, in which, processing andmanufacturing industry leads with a total investment of nearly 6 billion USD, accountingfor 48.4% of total capital. Registered investment. The field of electricityproduction and distribution ranked second with total investment capital of 3.9billion USD, accounting for 31.9% of total registered investment capital. Thisis followed by the field of wholesale retail and real estate business with a total registered capital of 776 million USD and 665 million USD.
According to investment partners, there are 93 countries and territories investing in Vietnam, of which Singapore leads with a total investment of 5.07 billion USD, accounting for 41.1% of total investment in Vietnam. . Thailand ranked second with total investment capital of 1.46 billion USD, accounting for 11.8% of total investment capital. Japan ranked third with a total registered investment capital of 1.16 billion USD, accounting for 9.4% of total investment capital. Next is China, Taiwan, Korea,...
Considering the number of projects, Korea ranked first with 265 projects, China ranked second with 135 projects, Japan ranked third with 116 projects, Singapore ranked fourth with 81 projects, ...
By investment area, foreign investors have invested in 57 provinces and cities, of which Bac Lieu continues to lead with one major project with investment capital of 4 billion USD, accounting for 32.4% of total investment capital registration Ba Ria - Vung Tau ranked second with a total registered capital of 1.9 billion USD, accounting for 15.4% of total investment capital. Ho Chi Minh City ranked third with 1.31 billion USD, accounting for10.6% of total investment capital. Next are Hanoi, Ha Nam, Binh Duong, ...
Considering the number of projects, Ho Chi Minh City leads with 369 projects, Hanoi ranks second with 223 projects, Bac Ninh ranks third with 65 projects, ...