The disbursed FDI rose by 7.1 per cent in the first quarter to reach $4.63 billion, a signal that the disbursement will continue the positive trend, the agency said.
South Korea has increased investment in Viet Nam in the last few years, and this trend is expected to continue, a seminar heard in HCM City on Tuesday.
HFT Securities Corporation has ed South Korea-based Hanwha Investment and Securities Co as its foreign investor allowed to buy more than 25 per cent of its charter capital without a public bid.
The number of trading accounts rose by 260,000 to reach nearly 2.2 million as of the end of 2018, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository (VSD).
Viet Nam had become increasingly appealing to large foreign investor groups in the textile and garment industry who wanted to seize opportunities before the CPTPP takes effect in January next year.
The government has issued guidelines for the purchase of shares in
Vietnamese credit institutions by foreign investors and their sale by
these institutions through Decree No 01/2014/ND-CP (January 3, 2014).
Foreign direct investment (FDI) registered during the first seven
months of this year surged by 19.6 per cent over the same period last
year to US$11.91 billion.