Hanoi, Oct. 4 -- During January-September period, Viet Nam attracted US$50.36 billion in foreign direct investment, a year-on-year increase of 76.4 percent.
Of the above figure, the Southeast Asian nation licensed 3,108 projects with total registered capital of US$29.24 billion, up 6.2 percent in the number of projects and 2.4 times in terms of capital value.
Processing and manufacturing remains the top recipient sector with US$13.38 billion, accounting for 45.8 percent of the total foreign direct investment inflows, said the National Statistics Office.
Singapore was the top foreign investor in the reviewed period, with US$9.26 billion, followed by South Korea with US$5.7 billion, Luxembourg with US$4.99 billion, Hong Kong with US$3.01 b...