According to data recently released by the Foreign Investment Agency ( Ministry of Finance ), in the first eight months of 2025, Vietnamese investors invested in 108 new overseas projects with a total registered capital of US$426.5 million, and carried out 21 capital adjustments with a total adjusted investment capital of US$129.7 million.
Thus, Vietnam's total outbound investment in the past eight months reached over $556.1 million, 3.8 times higher than the same period in 2024.
Data from the Foreign Investment Agency shows that Vietnamese businesses' overseas investments are mainly concentrated in the electricity and gas production and distribution sector, with a total investment of over US$111.2 million, accounting for 20% of the total; transportation and warehousing, with US$109.1 million, accounting for 19.6%; and wholesale and retail, with US$78.5 million, accounting for 14.1%.
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| Vietnamese businesses receive investment certificates and investment agreements in Laos at the Vietnam-Laos Investment Cooperation Conference, January 2025. |
Broken down by market, in the past eight months, 33 countries and territories received investment from Vietnam. Among them, the countries attracting the most investment from Vietnam were Laos - with $150.3 million (accounting for 27% of total investment); the Philippines - with $61.8 million (accounting for 11.1% of total investment); and Indonesia - with nearly $60.45 million (accounting for 10.9% of total investment).
Germany and the US are the next two markets, accounting for 9.1% and 5.7% respectively of Vietnam's total outbound investment in the first eight months of 2025.
Thus, cumulatively by the end of August 2025, Vietnam had 1,929 active overseas investment projects, with a total overseas investment capital of over 23.17 billion USD.
With this capital, Vietnamese investors have invested abroad in 18 out of 21 sectors, concentrating most heavily in mining (nearly $7.1 billion, accounting for 31% of total capital); agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (over $3.4 billion, accounting for 15% of total capital); and information and communication (over $2.9 billion, accounting for 13% of total capital).
In terms of investment partners, as of August 2025, Vietnam had invested in 84 countries and territories. The countries receiving the most investment from Vietnam were Laos (over US$5.8 billion, accounting for 25.1% of total capital); Cambodia (over US$2.94 billion, accounting for 12.7% of total capital); Venezuela (nearly US$1.83 billion, accounting for 7.9% of total capital), and so on.
Source: https://baodautu.vn/doanh-nghiep-viet-dau-tu-hon-nua-ty-usd-ra-nuoc-ngoai-do-nhieu-nhat-vao-lao-d379793.html
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