The above figure includes more than US$2.19 billion poured in 516 newly-registered projects, Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) reported Wednesday.

Foreign investors invested in 18 out of 21 sectors of the national economy. Of which, the processing and manufacturing industry took the lead by luring nearly US$4.72 billion, accounting for nearly 68.3 percent of the total registered investment capital, up 50.6 percent over the same period last year.

South Korea remained the top foreign investor with total registered capital of over US$1.5 billion, followed by Singapore with around US$1.48 billion.

Meanwhile, disbursement volume was estimated at around US$2.95 billion, up 5.4 percent from the same period last year, according to the FIA./.