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Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam continued to show resilience in 2025, with total newly registered capital reaching USD 38.42 billion, up 0.5 percent year-on-year, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.
The figures were released at a press conference on January 5, announcing Vietnam’s socio-economic statistics for the fourth quarter and the whole of 2025. Notably, disbursed FDI reached an estimated USD 27.62 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9 percent and the highest level recorded over the past five years.
The NSO reported that 4,054 new FDI projects were licensed in the year, with total registered capital of USD 17.32 billion. While the number of newly licensed projects rose by 20.1 percent compared to 2024, registered capital fell by 12.2 percent. Among sectors, the manufacturing and processing industry attracted the largest share of new FDI, with USD 9.8 billion, accounting for 56.5 percent of total newly registered capital. Real estate activities followed with USD 3.67 billion, or 21.2 percent, while the remaining sectors together accounted for USD 3.85 billion, or 22.2 percent.
In addition, 1,404 ongoing projects were granted permission to adjust their capital, with additional investment amounting to USD 14.07 billion, up 0.8 percent year-on-year. When combining newly registered and adjusted capital, the manufacturing and processing sector continued to dominate, drawing USD 18.59 billion, or 59.2 percent of the total. Real estate ranked second with USD 6.26 billion, equivalent to 19.9 percent, while other sectors received USD 6.54 billion, or 20.9 percent.
Foreign investors also remained active through capital contributions and share purchases. In 2025, there were 3,587 such transactions, with a total value of USD 7.03 billion, up 54.8 percent compared to the previous year. Of these, 1,305 transactions increased the charter capital of domestic enterprises, contributing USD 2.55 billion, while 2,282 transactions involved share purchases without increasing charter capital, valued at USD 4.48 billion.
By sector, manufacturing and processing again led capital contributions and share purchases with USD 2.43 billion, accounting for 34.6 percent of the total. Professional, scientific and technological activities attracted USD 1.29 billion, or 18.3 percent, while other sectors accounted for USD 3.31 billion, or 47.1 percent.
Among the 90 countries and territories with newly licensed projects in Vietnam in 2025, Singapore emerged as the largest investor, with USD 4.84 billion, representing 27.9 percent of newly registered capital. China ranked second with USD 3.64 billion (21 percent), followed by Hong Kong (China) with USD 1.73 billion (10 percent), Japan with USD 1.62 billion (9.4 percent), Sweden with USD 1 billion (5.8 percent), Taiwan (China) with USD 965.8 million (5.6 percent), and the Republic of Korea with USD 895.9 million (5.2 percent).- (VNA/VLLF)
