Areas in the Eastern Economic Corridor are a major destination for foreign investors. (Bangkok Post file photo)
The value of planned investment in applications made in the first quarter of 2021 rose 80% to 123 billion baht as proposed foreign direct investment (FDI) more than doubled, an investment agency said on Wednesday.
FDI projects had a combined application value of 62 billion baht in the January-March quarter, a 143% increase from the first three months of 2020.
South Korea, China, and Singapore were the top three source countries of FDI applications, the Board of Investment (BoI) said in a statement.
The medical sector attracted the most investment with a total of 29 projects worth 18.4 billion baht, over 100 times more than a year earlier, it said.
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