The city has attracted a combined investment VND12.072 trillion (US$567 million) from 1,415 new businesses and 2,680 existing businesses registering additional capital.
As of January 20, the city has licensed 15 new foreign investment projects with a total fund of US$19.9 million, up 51.5 percent year-on-year.
The city is carrying out 24 official development assistance funded projects, worth more than VND125.9 trillion (US$5.92 billion).
Meanwhile, the number of dissolved companies has decreased by 5 percent from 2013 to 162, equal to 11.5 percent of new businesses established.