Foreign direct investment in Vietnam continues to grow strongly.

Total foreign investment capital registered in Vietnam as of July 31, 2025, including: newly registered capital, adjusted registered capital and capital contribution and share purchase value of foreign investors, reached 24.09 billion USD, up 27.3% over the same period last year.

According to the report of the General Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance , newly registered foreign direct investment capital has 2,254 licensed projects with registered capital reaching 10.03 billion USD, an increase of 15.2% over the same period last year in terms of number of projects and a decrease of 11.1% in terms of registered capital. Of which, the processing and manufacturing industry is the one with the largest newly licensed foreign direct investment; followed by real estate business activities accounting for 23.5%.

Among 74 countries and territories with newly licensed investment projects in Vietnam in the first seven months of 2025, Singapore was the largest investor, accounting for 28.3% of the total newly registered capital; second was China; followed by Sweden; fourth was Japanese investors; and Taiwan invested in Vietnam with 735.0 million USD, accounting for 7.3%.

Foreign enterprises have confidence in the investment environment in Vietnam.

Investors from Europe have continued to invest in Vietnam in recent times. According to Mr. Nguyen Hai Minh, Vice President of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Eurocharm), Vietnam is an attractive destination for foreign investors, especially from Europe. Factors such as geographical location, infrastructure, preferential policies and political stability are still Vietnam's advantages in attracting investment capital from European businesses.

Regarding adjusted registered capital, 920 licensed projects from previous years registered to adjust investment capital by an additional 9.99 billion USD, up 95.3% over the same period last year.

There were 1,982 registered capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors with a total capital contribution value of 4.07 billion USD, up 61.0% over the same period last year. Of these, 836 capital contributions and share purchases increased the charter capital of enterprises with a capital contribution value of 1.52 billion USD and 1,146 foreign investors bought back domestic shares without increasing the charter capital with a value of 2.55 billion USD.

Notably, foreign direct investment realized in Vietnam in the first seven months of 2025 is estimated at 13.6 billion USD, up 8.4% over the same period last year. This is the highest amount of foreign direct investment realized in seven months in the past 5 years. Of which: Processing and manufacturing industry reached 11.1 billion USD, accounting for 81.6% of total realized foreign direct investment; real estate business activities reached 1.09 billion USD, accounting for 8.0%; production and distribution of electricity, gas, hot water, steam and air conditioning reached 505.2 million USD, accounting for 3.7%.

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