Registered Foreign Investment Capital in Vietnam: 2021-2025 (USD Billion). Source: General Statistics Office
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Specifically, newly registered capital includes 3,321 licensed projects with a total registered capital of 14.07 billion USD, marking a 21.1% increase in the number of projects and a 7.6% decrease in registered capital compared to the same period last year. Among these, the manufacturing and processing industry attracted the largest share of new foreign direct investment (FDI) with 7.97 billion USD, accounting for 56.7% of the total newly registered capital; real estate business followed with 2.75 billion USD (19.5%); and other sectors secured 3.35 billion USD (23.8%).
Among the 87 countries and territories with newly licensed investment projects in Vietnam during the first ten months of 2025, Singapore emerged as the largest investor with 3.76 billion USD, representing 26.7% of the total newly registered capital. China followed with 3.21 billion USD (22.8%); Hong Kong SAR (China) contributed 1.38 billion USD (9.8%); Japan invested 1.17 billion USD (8.3%); Sweden provided 1.0 billion USD (7.1%); Taiwan contributed 901.2 million USD (6.4%); and South Korea invested 627 million USD (4.5%).
Adjusted registered capital saw 1,206 previously licensed projects increase their investment by 12.11 billion USD, a 45.0% rise compared to the same period last year.
Combining newly registered capital and adjusted capital from previously licensed projects, the manufacturing and processing industry attracted 16.37 billion USD, accounting for 62.5% of the total registered capital. Real estate business secured 5.32 billion USD (20.3%), and other sectors attracted 4.49 billion USD (17.2%).
Foreign investors’ capital contributions and share purchases totaled 5.34 billion USD across 2,918 transactions, a 45.1% increase compared to the same period last year. In this category, the manufacturing and processing industry received 1.86 billion USD (34.9% of the total); professional, scientific, and technical activities attracted 1.11 billion USD (20.8%); and other sectors secured 2.37 billion USD (44.3%).
Actual foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursement in Vietnam during the first ten months of 2025 reached 21.3 billion USD, an 8.8% increase compared to the same period last year, marking the highest FDI disbursement for this period in the last five years. The manufacturing and processing industry led with 17.68 billion USD (83% of the total); real estate business followed with 1.5 billion USD (7.0%); and electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply attracted 671.9 million USD (3.2%).
Vietnamese outbound investment in the first ten months of 2025 included 148 newly licensed projects with a total investment of 742.8 million USD, a 72.8% increase compared to the same period last year. Additionally, 28 projects adjusted their capital by 358.2 million USD, an 8.3-fold increase.
Total Vietnamese outbound investment (new and adjusted capital) reached 1.1 billion USD, 2.3 times higher than the same period last year. Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply led with 342.5 million USD (31.1% of the total); manufacturing and processing followed with 277.6 million USD (25.2%); and wholesale, retail, and vehicle repair contributed 129.6 million USD (11.8%).
During the first ten months of 2025, Vietnam invested in 36 countries and territories. Laos topped the list with 590.3 million USD (53.6% of the total); the Philippines received 92.0 million USD (8.4%); Germany attracted 78.1 million USD (7.1%); Indonesia secured 69.6 million USD (6.3%); and the United States received 33.9 million USD (3.1%).
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