In 4 months, Vietnam attracted 13.82 billion USD of FDI capital.

On the morning of May 6, the General Statistics Office ( Ministry of Finance ) announced the socio-economic report for April and the first 4 months of 2025. Accordingly, Vietnam attracted 13.82 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI), including newly registered capital, adjusted registered capital and capital contribution and share purchase value of foreign investors, up 39.9% over the same period last year.

FDI attraction in the first 4 months of the year increased by nearly 40% compared to 2024. Illustrative photo

Of which, 1,204 newly licensed projects were granted capital with registered capital reaching 5.59 billion USD, an increase of 14.1% over the same period last year in terms of number of projects and a decrease of 23.8% in terms of registered capital.

Adjusted registered capital: 540 licensed projects from previous years registered to adjust investment capital by an additional 6.40 billion USD, 3.9 times higher than the same period last year.

There were 1,106 registered capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors with a total capital contribution value of 1.83 billion USD, twice as much as the same period last year. Of these, 477 capital contributions and share purchases increased the charter capital of enterprises with a capital contribution value of 854 million USD and 629 foreign investors bought back domestic shares without increasing the charter capital with a value of 973 million USD.

Foreign direct investment realized in Vietnam in the first four months of 2025 is estimated at 6.74 billion USD, up 7.3% over the same period last year. According to the General Statistics Office, this is the highest amount of foreign direct investment realized in four months in the past 5 years.

Of which, realized FDI capital in the processing and manufacturing industry reached 5.5 billion USD, accounting for 81.6% of total realized foreign direct investment capital; real estate business activities reached 533.1 million USD, accounting for 7.9%; production and distribution of electricity, gas, hot water, steam and air conditioning reached 266.2 million USD, accounting for 3.9%.

On the other hand, Vietnam's overseas investment in the first 4 months of 2025 had 43 projects newly granted investment certificates with a total capital of 269.2 million USD from Vietnam, 2.7 times higher than the same period last year. Along with that, there were 12 projects with adjusted capital with an increase of 40.1 million USD, 69.1 times higher.

In total, Vietnam's total investment capital abroad (newly granted and adjusted capital) in the first 4 months of 2025 reached 309.3 million USD, 3.1 times higher than the same period last year.

Nguyen Hoa

Source: https://congthuong.vn/4-thang-viet-nam-thu-hut-1382-ty-usd-von-fdi-386221.html