Hanoi: Accelerating FDI attraction, consolidating its position as a modern economic center

Foreign direct investment in Hanoi will continue to increase strongly in 2025 with both scale and quality improving significantly. Together with new mechanisms from the Capital Law 2024, the Capital is affirming its attractiveness as a dynamic city with a strategic vision in attracting investment and developing infrastructure.

New legal platform and international capital movement trends

According to Hanoi City Statistics, in November 2025, the whole city attracted 395.7 million USD of FDI capital, including 50 newly licensed projects with 14 million USD, 13 adjusted projects with 170.7 million USD and 37 capital contributions and share purchases worth 211 million USD.

In the first 11 months of 2025, the capital flow reached 4,128 million USD, 2.3 times higher than the same period in 2024. Of which, there were 404 new projects with 333 million USD of registered capital, 137 projects with increased or decreased capital with a total value of 3,308 million USD and 380 investors contributing capital reaching 487 million USD.

Notable among the adjusted projects is Yen So Park of Gamuda Land Vietnam, which received an additional US$1,120 million from a Malaysian investor. Projects such as Nam Thang Long Urban Area (Ciputra) and ParkCity Hanoi have also recorded large capital increases recently, showing that international investors are expanding their long-term commitments in Hanoi. Familiar markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan continue to be the main sources of capital, reflecting confidence in a stable and visionary investment environment.

In November 2025, Hanoi had 50 newly licensed projects with a capital of 14 million USD. (Photo: TL)

According to experts, the sharp increase in FDI in Hanoi is not an immediate result but comes from the process of accumulation of institutions, infrastructure and quality of human resources. According to Dr. Nguyen Minh Phong, international capital flows are creating an important driving force for economic restructuring towards high technology and quality services, while strengthening competitiveness in the context of increasingly fierce competition to attract global investment.

From January 1, 2025, the amended Law on the Capital officially takes effect with outstanding mechanisms, especially in Clauses 1 and 2, Article 42, helping the City clearly identify the priority list, criteria for selecting clean technology projects, environmentally friendly, with spillover effects and technology transfer commitments. Resolution 17/2025/NQ-HDND also emphasizes the orientation of attracting strategic investors, towards high-tech industries, creative industries and green, smart cities.

According to the Hanoi finance sector, the Department of Finance and the Vietnam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises (VAFIE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation for the period 2025-2030 to enhance investment promotion, organize seminars, workshops and welcome international business delegations. Proposals and suggestions from the investment community will be forwarded by VAFIE to the management agency to support the City in perfecting policies and improving its image on the regional investment map.

Accelerate disbursement and completion of strategic infrastructure

In line with the trend of attracting international investment, Hanoi is promoting public investment to complete urban infrastructure. In November 2025, the investment capital implemented from the state budget managed by the locality is estimated at VND 10,455 billion, up 8.2% over the previous month and up 15.3% over the same period in 2024, including VND 4,650 billion of city-level capital and VND 5,805 billion of commune-level capital.

In the first 11 months, total investment from the budget reached 79.7 trillion VND, equal to 76.2% of the yearly plan and increased by 27.6% over the same period. City-level capital reached 35.4 trillion VND and commune-level capital reached 44.3 trillion VND. This is an important resource to help accelerate key projects such as Tu Lien Bridge, Ring Road 4 - Capital Region, Ring Road 1 Hoang Cau - Voi Phuc section or the National Highway 6 renovation project Ba La - Xuan Mai section.

Tu Lien Bridge has a total investment of 20.2 trillion VND, and the contractor is currently constructing two cable-stayed towers. The Ring Road 4 project with a total investment of more than 75 trillion VND has disbursed 22% of the plan. The Ring Road 1 project, Hoang Cau - Voi Phuc section, has an investment of 7.2 trillion VND and has disbursed 52.6%. National Highway 6, Ba La - Xuan Mai section, has a total investment of 8.1 trillion VND and has disbursed 27.5%. The Yen Xa wastewater treatment system project worth 11.2 trillion VND has disbursed 59.1%.

The regular and concentrated disbursement shows that Hanoi is both attracting international capital and proactively upgrading infrastructure, creating a synchronous development platform for large-scale projects.

Overall, the economic picture of Hanoi in 2025 is showing strong movement. International capital flows in at a higher speed and quality, while urban infrastructure is being invested in a systematic way, showing that the capital is getting closer to the goal of becoming a green, smart and internationally competitive city on the development journey to 2030.

In its orientation to attract FDI by 2030, Hanoi aims to reach registered capital of 25 billion USD and implemented capital of 16 billion USD, prioritizing projects in the fields of advanced technology and clean technology, creating a strong spillover effect on the global production and supply chain. The city also promotes direct access to large corporations from Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Taiwan.

Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/ha-noi-tang-toc-thu-hut-fdi-cung-co-vi-the-trung-tam-kinh-te-hien-dai-218238.html