The Foreign InvestmentAgency said in the first four months of the year, Vietnamese firms investednearly 150 million USD in foreign markets.
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Of the investments, 96 million USD was poured into 44 newprojects while the remaining 53.5 million USD was pledged to nine existingprojects.
Vietnam’s outbound investment projects mainly focused onscience and technology at 81.7 million USD, accounting for 54.7 percent of thetotal.
The banking sector took second place with total investment of36 million USD, making up 24.1 percent. It was followed by the wholesale andretail sector with 16.4 million USD, accounting for 11 percent of totalinvestment.
Vietnamese firms invested into 23 countries and territoriesin the period. Spain lured the biggest amount of investment from them with alarge scale project of 59.8 million USD, accounting for 40 percent of thetotal.
Cambodia and Malaysia followed with 37.9 million USD and 14million USD, respectively.
Source: VNA