Data has just been announced by the Foreign Investment Agency (Ministry of Planning and Investment), as of October 20, 10, the total newly registered capital, adjusted capital contributed and shares purchased by investors. invest Foreign investment has reached more than 22,46 billion USD, down 5,4% over the same period in 2021. Meanwhile, in 10 months, disbursement of foreign investment capital reached 17,45 billion USD, up 15,2% over the same period in 2021. compared to the same period in 21. According to forecasts, this year, the disbursement level may reach 22-6,4 billion USD, an increase of about 11,5 - 2021% compared to XNUMX.
Statistics show that, after 10 months, the reduction in registered foreign investment capital has improved. In 9 months, registered foreign investment capital decreased by 15,3%. In particular, although newly registered capital has not fully recovered after the disruption of anti-epidemic measures in 2021 and global geo-political fluctuations, it is gradually improving. Additional capital and investment capital through capital contributions and share purchases are still on the rise.
Specifically, in the past 10 months, there were 1.570 project newly granted an investment registration certificate, an increase of 14,2% over the same period, with a total registered capital of nearly 9,93 billion USD, a decrease of 23,7% over the same period. In addition, there were 880 projects registered to adjust investment capital, an increase of 13,4% over the same period, with a total additional registered capital of more than 8,74 billion USD, an increase of 23,3% over the same period. period. In addition, there were 2.997 capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors, down 2,2% over the same period, with a total capital contribution value of more than 3,79 billion USD, up 4,5% over the same period. with the same period.
Structure of foreign investment capital by month and by investment capital component
Commenting on the situation of attracting foreign investment in the past 10 months, the Foreign Investment Department said that the speed of reduction in newly registered capital has improved significantly, smaller than the 43% decrease in the last 9 months and the previous months. relatively large decrease in the first months of the year. Moreover, the number of new investment projects also continued to increase over the same period and increased compared to the first months of the year. There are two reasons given by Mr. Do Nhat Hoang, Director of the Foreign Investment Department, to explain the decrease in newly registered capital.
First, policies to control the Covid-19 epidemic have made it difficult for foreign investors to travel to Vietnam to explore investment opportunities as well as carry out investment project registration procedures. new investment projects in the last months of 2021, thereby affecting the number of newly licensed investment projects in the first months of 2022.
Second, the global market is facing many fluctuations due to the impact of the geo-political conflict in Europe, rising inflationary pressures, and supply chain disruptions, thus negatively affecting the economy. investment capital flows abroad of the platforms economy large, especially Vietnam's investment partners.
An important mark of FDI inflows in the past 10 months is the very positive increase in capital, affirming foreign investors' confidence in Vietnam's economy and investment environment. The growth rate in the number of capital adjusted projects continued to increase, reaching a higher level than in the first 9 months of the year.
In the first 10 months of 2022, the number of projects adjusting capital increased by 14,2%, higher than the increase of 13,4% in 9 months. The average capital adjustment scale in the first 10 months of 2022 reached more than 9,9 million USD/adjustment, higher than this figure in the same period in 2021 which was 9,1 million USD/adjustment. In the past 10 months, many large-scale projects have increased investment capital in Vietnam. Typically, the Samsung Electro-mechanics Vietnam Project (Thai Nguyen) increased twice by 2 million USD and 920 million USD; Samsung HCMC CE Electronics Co., Ltd. project increased by over 267 million USD; Electronic manufacturing factory project, network equipment and multimedia audio products (in Bac Ninh, Nghe An and Hai Phong) increased by nearly 841 million USD, 306 million USD and 260 million USD respectively...
From another perspective, the Foreign Investment Department said that in the past 10 months, foreign investors have invested in 18 industries out of 21 national economic sectors. Among them, the processing and manufacturing industry continues to lead with a total investment capital of more than 12,9 billion USD, accounting for 57,5% of total registered investment capital. Business real estate ranked second with a total investment capital of more than 3,87 billion USD, accounting for 17,2% of total registered investment capital. Next are the electricity production and distribution industries; professional science and technology activities with registered capital of more than 928 million USD and more than 853 million USD, respectively. The rest are other industries.
In terms of the number of new projects, the wholesale and retail industries, manufacturing and processing industries and professional science and technology activities attracted the most projects, accounting for 29,9% and 24,8% respectively. and 16,7% of total projects. From a partner perspective, according to data compiled by the Foreign Investment Agency, there were 103 countries and territories investing in Vietnam in the first 10 months of 2022. Of which, Singapore leads with a total investment capital of more than 5,34 billion USD, accounting for 23,8% of total investment capital in Vietnam, down 21,1% over the same period in 2021; Japan ranked second with over 4,19 billion USD, accounting for 18,7% of total investment capital, up 23,8% over the same period. Korea ranked third with a total registered investment capital of more than 3 billion USD, accounting for 3,9% of total investment capital. Next is China, Hong Kong, and Denmark.
However, according to the number of projects, Korea is still the partner with investors interested in making new investment decisions as well as expanding investment projects and contributing capital and buying shares the most in 10 months. in 2022, accounting for 20,6% of new projects, 34,4% of adjustments and 34,6% of capital contributions and share purchases.
(Source: baodautu.vn)