Myanmar brought in 77.25 million U. S. dollars' contracted foreign investment in the first 11 months of 2009, according to the latest figures of the Central Statistical Organization available on Monday. The investment came from Thailand with 30.25 million dollars in hotels and tourism sector, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) countries with 41 million dollars in oil and gas sector and China's Hong Kong with 6 million dollars in manufacturing sector. In the fiscal year 2008-09 (April-March), four countries injected a total investment of 984.996 million dollars in Myanmar, nearly six times that in 2007-08's 172.72 million dollars. Of the four countries, China was leading with 855.996 million dollars in mining, followed by Russia with 94 million dollars and Vietnam with 20 million dollars in oil and gas respectively and Thailand with 15 million dollars in tourism. According to official statistics, total foreign contracted investment in Myanmar hit 15.788 billion dollars up to the end of November 2009 since the country opened to such investment in late 1988. Of the total foreign investment coming from 31 countries and regions, Thailand was leading with 7.422 billion dollars, accounting for 47 percent, the figures show. Their investments were respectively injected into 12 economic sectors opened for foreign investment by the government which are electric power, oil and gas, manufacturing, real estate, hotels and tourism, mining, transport and communications, livestock breeding and fisheries, industry, construction, agriculture and services sector. 