Vietnam has lured 25.5 billion USD of FDI in nine months

Export earnings of foreign-invested enterprises including crude oil revenues, totaled more than 17.6 billion USD. This year, foreign investors have invested in 18 areas, mostly in the processing and manufacturing sector. Production and distribution of electricity was the second most attractive sector, followed by the wholesale and retail sector. 108 countries and territories have invested in Vietnam. The leading investors are South Korea, Japan, and Singapore. Ho Chi Minh City topped the 59 localities receiving FDI during the nine-month period. Thanh Hoa province and Bac Ninh province ranked second and third.