Foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in Viet Nam reached a record US$25.48 billion in the first nine months of this year, up 34.3 per cent year-on-year. Of the sum, $14.56 billion came from 1,844 new projects, up 30.4 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency. Another $6.75 billion was added to 878 existing projects, 28.3 per cent higher than the same period last year. The remainder of the FDI, worth $4.16 billion, came from 3,742 deals made by foreign investors to contribute capital to businesses and to buy shares of Vietnamese businesses, jumping 64 per cent compared with last year’s corresponding period. https://lnkd.in/d-R6jZw