(VOVworld) - A total of 10.15 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) has been disbursed in the first 10 months of 2014, up 5.9% year-on-year, said the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment on Friday.

In the 10-month period, Vietnam is expected to attract around 13.7 billion US dollars of FDI, down 28.8 percent from last year, said the agency on its website.

During the period, the FDI sector is estimated to earn 82.48 billion US dollars from exports, up 13.6% year-on-year, accounting for 67% of the country's export revenue. At the same time, the sector is likely to spend 68.66 billion US dollars, up 10.7% from last year on imports, making up 57% of Vietnam's total import revenue.