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(2) Secondary products are industrial products still having utilization value and

being consumed (accepted on the market) though they fail to meet the standards
of specifications and quality; (3) Auxiliary products (or also called by-products)
are produced together with finished products during the process of industrial
production.

Industrial service product is a kind of industrial product which is processed
or increased their utilization value without changing the initial value of the
products.

INVESTMENT

Investment is the entire amount of capital spending (expenditure) to
increase or maintain capacity and resources for production, including: investment
to generate fixed assets, investment to increase current assets, spending on

purchasing rare and precious assets, reserves gold in the form of goods, storage of
commodities in the resident and other investment to improve people's knowledge,
enhance social welfare, improve the ecological environment, support people’s
welfare, etc.

Investment does not include investments which transfer the right of use or
ownership among individuals, households, enterprises or organizations... without
increasing fixed assets and current assets in the locality, such as the transfer of
land, houses, shops, equipments and other used fixed assets.

The ratio of investment to GDP is the percentage between investment and
GDP in a given period.

Formula:

The ratio of Investment at current prices in the year
investment to GDP = × 100
(%) GDP at current prices in the same year

Inward foreign direct investment to Viet Nam is total amount of cash and
legal objects of foreign investors who have been put into Viet Nam and invested
in approved projects in the form of money, machinery, equipment, supplies,

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