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Preliminarily 2021, the realized investment reached 28,669.9 billion
VND, an increase of 48% over the previous year; of which the state sector’s
investment was 4,860.2 billion VND, a decrease of 3.29%; the non-state
sector’s investment was 23,649.3 billion VND, a rise of 65.84%; the foreign
direct investment sector was 159.4 billion VND, a growth of 87.3%.

In the realized investment in the area in 2021, the investment outlays
was estimated at 26,004.9 billion VND, an increase of 89.04% over the
previous year; the fixed assets procurement capital for production reached
1,522.3 billion VND, a decrease of 56.73%; the capital for fixed asset repair
and upgrading reached 1,105.1 billion VND, a fall of 42.42%; the supplement
for working capital from owned capital was 21.2 billion VND, a decline of
72.67%; the others reached 15.4 billion VND, a reduction of 84.57%.

4. Consumer price index, gold and USD price index

In 2021, the average consumer price index of Quang Tri province
increased by 2.62% compared to that in 2020. The average gold price
index in 2021 shot up 13.07% over that in 2020. The average USD price
index in 2021 dropped 1.39% against that in 2020.

The main reasons for an increase in the consumer price index (CPI)
were as follows: a rise in food prices due to the disruption of supply
chains, an upturn in transport costs; a jump in the price of some
commodity groups resulting from unstable supply and rising input costs; a
growth in the prices of materials and housing maintenance services; a rise
in domestic gasoline, petroleum and gas prices in accordance with the
world market prices; an expansion in educational services caused by the
influence of increasing tuition fees.

5. Business registration status
In 2021, in the province, the number of newly registered enterprises
decreased by 5.57% compared to that in the last year, but the number of
re-operated enterprises increased by 51.92%, showing a recovery in the
production and business situation of the enterprises.

As of December 16, 2021, the whole province had 441 newly
registered enterprises, down 5.57% over the same period last year with the
total registered capital of 13,237.1 billion VND, up 60.86%; the average
registered capital per enterprise reached 30.02 billion VND, up 70.34%.
There were 198 temporarily ceased enterprises, an increase of 4.76% over

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