FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN LAOS SUMMARY BY COUNTRY

 (Source: Permanent Office of the Foreign Investment Management Committee, as of March 2000)


Rank 
Countries
Number

of Projects

Investment

in US $ 

 

1. Thailand
261
2.934.039.988
2. USA
47
1.490.767.402
3. R. Korea
35
634.040.507
4. Malaysia 
21
292.448.547
5. China
73
87.294.982
6. United Kingdom
19
69.659.200
7. Taiwan
36
67.495.836
8. Australia 
44
41.841.034
9. France
93
38.358.298
10. Hong Kong
20
26.033.100
11. Singapore 
17
20.359.384
12. Russia
15
18.928.705
13. Japan 
29
18.596.585
14. Vietnam 
22
13.871.851
15. Indonesia
1
5.000.000
16. DP Korea
1
3.300.000
17. Switzerland
5
2.880.000
18. Belgium
6
2.723.952
19. German 
8
2.672.900
20. Macao
1
2.534.856
21. Canada
11
2.452.366
22. Finland
3
1.249.065
23. Sweden 
7
 904.675
24. Norway 
3
900.000
25. New Zealand
3
853.500
26. Italy 
5
809.880
27. Holland 
4
760.000
28. India
3
544.600
29. Denmark
6
477.000
30. Austria
3
212.000
31. Ukraine 
1
200.000
32. Bangladesh
2
150.000
33. Chile
1
120.000
34. Cambodia
1
100.000
35. International
1
100.000
36. Myanmar
1
50.000
  Laos' Shares  
1.283.019.699
  TOTAL: 
809 projects
7.065.749.911

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