Hanoi, May 3 -- Total registered foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam, including newly registered and adjusted capital, plus foreign investors' contributions and share purchases, hit 18.24 billion USD as of April 27, up 32% year-on-year, reported the Ministry of Finance's National Statistics Office (NSO) on May 3.

Specifically, 1,249 new projects were licensed with a combined registered capital of 12.15 billion USD, marking a 3.7% annual rise in volume and a 2.2-fold increase in value. Manufacturing and processing dominated, pulling in 8.12 billion USD, or 66.8% of the total. Electricity, gas, water production and distribution came in second with 2.31 billion USD (19%), while other sectors drew 1.72 billion USD (14.2%).

Notably,...