Foreign Investment Capital Registered in Vietnam Over the Past 11 Months. Source: General Statistics Office
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Specifically, the total foreign investment capital registered in Vietnam as of November 30, 2025, includes: newly registered capital, adjusted registered capital, and the value of capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors, reaching USD 33.69 billion, a 7.4% increase compared to the same period last year.
Newly registered capital includes 3,695 licensed projects with a registered capital of USD 15.96 billion, a 21.7% increase in the number of projects and an 8.2% decrease in registered capital compared to the same period last year. Among these, the manufacturing and processing industry received the largest new foreign direct investment with a registered capital of USD 9.17 billion, accounting for 57.5% of the total newly registered capital; real estate business activities reached USD 3.14 billion, accounting for 19.7%; and other sectors reached USD 3.65 billion, accounting for 22.8%.
Among the 88 countries and territories with newly licensed investment projects in Vietnam in the first eleven months of 2025, Singapore was the largest investor with USD 4.29 billion, accounting for 26.9% of the total newly registered capital; followed by China with USD 3.40 billion, accounting for 21.3%; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) with USD 1.66 billion, accounting for 10.4%; Japan with USD 1.56 billion, accounting for 9.8%; Sweden with USD 1.0 billion, accounting for 6.3%; Taiwan with USD 951.1 million, accounting for 6.0%; and South Korea with USD 659.6 million, accounting for 4.1%.
Adjusted registered capital includes 1,318 licensed projects from previous years with an additional investment capital of USD 11.62 billion, a 17.0% increase compared to the same period last year.
If both newly registered capital and adjusted registered capital of previously licensed projects are considered, foreign direct investment registered in the manufacturing and processing industry reached USD 16.52 billion, accounting for 59.9% of the total newly registered and additional capital; real estate business activities reached USD 5.72 billion, accounting for 20.7%; and other sectors reached USD 5.34 billion, accounting for 19.4%.
Registered capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors include 3,225 transactions with a total contribution value of USD 6.11 billion, a 50.7% increase compared to the same period last year. Of these, 1,238 transactions contributed to increasing the charter capital of enterprises with a contribution value of USD 2.37 billion, and 1,987 transactions involved foreign investors purchasing domestic shares without increasing charter capital with a value of USD 3.74 billion. For capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors, investment in the manufacturing and processing industry reached USD 2.0 billion, accounting for 32.7% of the contribution value; professional, scientific, and technological activities reached USD 1.13 billion, accounting for 18.5%; and other sectors reached USD 2.99 billion, accounting for 48.8%.
Source: General Statistics Office
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Actual foreign direct investment in Vietnam in the first eleven months of 2025 is estimated at USD 23.6 billion, an 8.9% increase compared to the same period last year. This is the highest actual foreign direct investment in the first ten months over the past five years. Of this, the manufacturing and processing industry reached USD 19.56 billion, accounting for 82.9% of the total actual foreign direct investment; real estate business activities reached USD 1.67 billion, accounting for 7.1%; and electricity, gas, hot water, steam, and air conditioning production and distribution reached USD 754.9 million, accounting for 3.2%.
Vietnamese investment abroad in the first eleven months of 2025 includes 148 newly licensed projects with a total Vietnamese capital of USD 742.8 million, a 33.8% increase compared to the same period last year; and 28 capital adjustment projects with an additional capital of USD 358.2 million, 8.2 times higher.
In total, Vietnamese investment abroad (newly licensed and adjusted capital) reached USD 1.1 billion, an 83.9% increase compared to the same period last year. Of this, electricity, gas, hot water, steam, and air conditioning production and distribution reached USD 342.5 million, accounting for 31.1% of the total investment; manufacturing and processing industry reached USD 277.6 million, accounting for 25.2%; wholesale and retail trade, repair of automobiles, motorcycles, and other motor vehicles reached USD 129.6 million, accounting for 11.8%.
In the first eleven months of 2025, 36 countries and territories received investment from Vietnam, with Laos leading at USD 590.3 million, accounting for 53.6% of the total investment; the Philippines at USD 92.0 million, accounting for 8.4%; Germany at USD 78.1 million, accounting for 7.1%; Indonesia at USD 69.6 million, accounting for 6.3%; and the United States at USD 33.9 million, accounting for 3.1%.
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