Vietnam lures US$5.46bil in foreign investment

A fruit vendor (L) waits for customers outside a temple in the old quarters of Hanoi, Vietnam. - AFP

HANOI, Feb 26 (Bernama): As much as US$5.46 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) was injected into Vietnam as of February 20, equivalent to 84.4 per cent of the figure recorded in the same time last year, according to the Vietnam Ministry of Planning and Investment.

As many as 126 foreign projects were granted investment licences with total registered capital of US$3.31 billion, a year-on-year fall of 33.9 per cent, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported.