Hanoi lured US$875.1 million foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in the first half of this year 2011, up 6.7 times compared to the same period last year, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office (HSO), as VOVNews reported.

With this increase in FDI as well as the capital city's increased funding for technical infrastructure, social and civil projects, MTA HANOI 2012 provides the platform for overseas and local companies to identify the technologies and services to meet this demand.