Vietnam's foreign direct investment falls 7 per cent in Jan-May

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HANOI, May 29 (Xinhua): Vietnam's total registered foreign direct investment (FDI) as of May 20, including new pledges, additional investment funds to existing projects and stake acquisition, fell 7.3 per cent to a combined US$10.86 billion year on year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on Monday.

Meanwhile, the country received an estimated US$7.65 billion in actual inflows of the FDI in the first five months of the year, down 0.8 per cent from a year ago, data showed.