Vietnam invests over US$458 million abroad in 11 months

In the reviewed period, US$353.8 million was invested in 148 new projects, while US$105 million was added to 29 underway ones.

Australia drew the highest amount of capital from Vietnam at US$141.3 million, accounting for 30.8% of the total, followed by the US, Spain and Cambodia.

Retail and wholesale was the most attractive sector for Vietnamese investors in 11 months, which attracted 25.8% of the total capital the firms invested abroad.

Meanwhile, agro-forestry-fisheries ranked second with a 14.3% share, and IT came third with 13.1%, according to the agency.