Foreign direct investment accelerates, reaching over $21.51 billion in the first six months.

According to data recently released by the Foreign Investment Agency ( Ministry of Finance ), as of the end of June 2025, the total registered foreign investment capital, including new investments, adjustments, and capital contributions through share purchases and equity investments by foreign investors, reached over US$21.51 billion, an increase of 32.6% compared to the same period last year. The disbursed capital of foreign investment projects is estimated at approximately US$11.72 billion, an increase of 8.1% compared to the same period last year.

Of the total registered foreign investment capital of over US$21.51 billion, nearly US$9.3 billion was newly registered capital from 1,988 projects; US$8.95 billion was adjusted capital from 826 projects; and US$3.28 billion was invested through capital contributions and share purchases.

Foreign investment attracted on a monthly basis since the beginning of the year.

One notable point is that newly registered capital continued to decrease compared to the same period last year, by 9.6%. The main reason is that in the first six months of 2024, the number of newly licensed projects with large registered capital exceeding 100 million USD was high, resulting in a high total newly registered capital (in the first six months of 2024, 18 projects with capital exceeding 100 million USD were newly licensed, totaling 5.12 billion USD, accounting for 32% of the total investment).

Meanwhile, in the first six months of 2025, only 15 new projects exceeding $100 million were approved, with a total registered capital of $3.2 billion, accounting for 15.1% of the total investment.

However, both adjusted capital and investment capital through capital contributions and share purchases increased sharply compared to the same period last year, rising 2.2 times and 73.6% respectively.

Not only has capital increased, but so has the volume. In June alone, the number of newly approved projects, projects with adjusted capital, and the number of capital contributions and share purchases were the highest in the first six months of 2025.

Specifically, in terms of new registrations, there were 439 projects, an increase of 27.3% compared to May, with a total newly registered capital of US$2.28 billion, an increase of 60% compared to May.

Regarding capital adjustments, there were 152 projects that registered for investment capital adjustments (an increase of 13.4% compared to May), with the total additional investment reaching US$426 million (a decrease of 80% compared to May). As for capital contributions and share purchases, there were 350 transactions involving foreign investors, an increase of 38.9% compared to May.

According to the Foreign Investment Agency, this demonstrates the growing confidence of the international business community in Vietnam. Investors are not only continuing to choose Vietnam as a new destination but are also ready to expand the scale of existing projects.

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According to data from the Foreign Investment Agency, in the past six months, foreign investors have invested in 18 out of the 21 national economic sectors.

Of these, the processing and manufacturing industry led with a total investment of nearly US$12 billion, accounting for 55.6% of the total registered investment capital, an increase of 3.9% compared to the same period. The real estate business ranked second with a total investment of nearly US$5.17 billion, accounting for 24% of the total registered investment capital, more than double compared to the same period. The acceleration of investment capital flows into the real estate sector is very noteworthy.

Next, the sectors of professional activities, science and technology ; water supply and waste treatment, with total registered capital reaching nearly US$1.18 billion and US$902.9 million respectively.

Meanwhile, regarding investment partners, the Foreign Investment Agency reported that in the past six months, 92 countries and territories have invested in Vietnam. Singapore leads with a total investment of over US$4.6 billion, accounting for more than 21.4% of total investment, a decrease of 24.8% compared to the same period last year. South Korea ranks second with over US$3 billion, accounting for nearly 14.3% of total investment, more than double the amount compared to the same period last year.

Next are China, Japan, and Malaysia with investment amounts of $2.55 billion, $2.15 billion, and $1.59 billion respectively.

Also in the first six months of 2025, Malaysia and Sweden recorded a significant increase. Malaysia rose 20 places compared to the same period, notably with the Yen So Park construction project in Hanoi (total investment adjusted upwards by US$1.12 billion), with capital adjustments made in May. Sweden rose 59 places with a large new project approved in June: the Polyester Fabric Recycling Production Complex (total investment of US$1 billion), investing in the production of recycled polyester and textile waste into plastic pellets in the Nhon Hoi Economic Zone, Binh Dinh province.

From another perspective, the Foreign Investment Agency reported that in the first six months of 2025, foreign investors had invested in 54 provinces and cities nationwide.

Of these, Hanoi led with a total registered investment capital of nearly 3.66 billion USD, accounting for 17% of the total investment capital nationwide, more than 2.8 times higher than the same period last year.

Bac Ninh ranked second with nearly US$3.15 billion, accounting for 14.6% of the total registered investment capital, an increase of 7.1% compared to the same period. Ho Chi Minh City ranked third with a total registered investment capital of over US$2.7 billion, accounting for 12.6% of the total investment capital nationwide, a 2.2-fold increase compared to the same period. Following closely behind were Dong Nai, Ha Nam, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, and others.

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