Foreign direct investment in Vietnam for the first five months of 2025 is estimated at $8.9 billion, a 7.9% increase compared to the same period last year. Source: Statistics Bureau
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Specifically, there were 1,549 newly licensed projects with registered capital of $7.02 billion, a 14.1% increase in the number of projects and a 13.2% decrease in registered capital compared to the same period last year. Among them, the manufacturing industry attracted the largest foreign direct investment with registered capital of $4.17 billion, accounting for 59.4% of the total newly registered capital; real estate business reached $2.03 billion, or 28.9%; and other sectors attained $820.1 million, or 11.7%.
Among the 65 countries and territories with newly licensed projects in Vietnam in the first five months of 2025, Singapore was the largest investor with $2.12 billion, accounting for 30.2% of the total newly registered capital, followed by China with $1.81 billion (25.8%), Japan with $753.4 million (10.7%), Hong Kong SAR (China) with $607.7 million (8.7%), Taiwan with $412.4 million (5.9%), the British Virgin Islands with $260.8 million (3.7%), and South Korea with $196.4 million (2.8%).
Registered capital adjustments were made to 674 projects that had been licensed in previous years, with a total additional investment of $8.52 billion, a 3.4-fold increase compared to the same period last year.
If we consider both the newly registered capital and the additional capital of previously licensed projects, the foreign direct investment into the manufacturing industry reached $9.33 billion, accounting for 60.1% of the total newly registered capital and showing an increase. The real estate business sector attracted $4.76 billion, or 30.7%, while other sectors attained $1.44 billion, or 9.2%.
There were 1,358 instances of capital contribution and share purchases by foreign investors, with a total value of $2.86 billion, an increase of 82.9% over the same period last year. Of these, 558 capital contributions and share purchases increased the charter capital of enterprises with a value of $1.12 billion, and 800 foreign investors bought shares in domestic companies without increasing charter capital, with a value of $1.74 billion. For the form of capital contribution and share purchase by foreign investors, investment in the manufacturing industry reached $1.07 billion, accounting for 37.6% of the value of capital contribution; professional, scientific, and technological activities reached $717.3 million, or 25.1%; and other sectors attained $1.07 billion, or 37.6%.
Foreign direct investment in Vietnam for the first five months of 2025 is estimated at $8.9 billion, a 7.9% increase compared to the same period last year. This is the highest foreign direct investment execution in the first five months of the past five years. Of this, the manufacturing industry accounted for $7.26 billion, or 81.6% of the total foreign direct investment; real estate business reached $703.8 million, or 7.9%; and electricity, gas, hot water, steam, and air conditioning production and distribution attained $352.0 million, or 4.0%.
In the first five months of 2025, Vietnam’s outbound investment included 46 newly licensed projects with a total capital of $275.7 million from the Vietnamese side, a 2.7-fold increase compared to the same period last year. There were 13 projects with adjusted capital, with an additional investment of $41.6 million, a 27.8% increase.
The total investment capital of Vietnam abroad (new and adjusted capital) reached $317.3 million, a 2.3-fold increase compared to the same period last year. Of this, electricity, gas, hot water, steam, and air conditioning production and distribution accounted for $111.2 million, or 35.0% of the total investment; the manufacturing industry reached $71.9 million, or 22.7%; and transportation and warehousing attained $50.5 million, or 15.9%.
In the first five months of 2025, Vietnam invested in 24 countries and territories, with Laos being the leading recipient with $145.9 million, accounting for 46.0% of the total investment. This was followed by Indonesia with $59.1 million (18.6%), the Philippines with $34.3 million (10.8%), Japan with $26.1 million (8.2%), the British Virgin Islands with $21.0 million (6.6%), and other countries.
– 09:45 06/06/2025
