FDI capital registered and implemented increased sharply
As of the end of June 2024, the total registered foreign investment capital in Vietnam reached over 21.5 billion USD, up 32.6% over the same period last year. Of which, there are 1,988 new investment projects with a total capital of nearly 9.3 billion USD; 826 projects with adjusted capital with total additional capital reaching nearly 8.95 billion USD (level 2.2 times in the same period); and 1,708 capital contribution and share purchase transactions with a value of 3.28 billion USD (up 73.6%).
In particular, FDI capital realized in the first half of 2025 reached 11.72 billion USD - the highest in the past 5 years - showing the level of commitment and actual implementation of investors is increasing significantly.
Some localities have outstanding FDI attraction results. Hanoi leads with a total registered capital of nearly 3.66 billion USD (equal to 2.8 times in the same period), accounting for about 17% of the total capital of the country. Bac Ninh ranked second with 3.15 billion USD, followed by Ho Chi Minh City with more than 2.7 billion USD.
Many large-scale projects contributed to this impressive result, such as the Yen So Park project of Gamuda Land (Malaysia) in Hanoi with an adjusted capital increase of 1.12 billion USD; or the polyester recycling production complex in Gia Lai invested by a Swedish enterprise with a total capital of up to 1 billion USD.
Processing and manufacturing industry plays a key role
Of the 18 invested industries, the processing and manufacturing industry continues to be the sector that attracts the most capital with nearly 12 billion USD, accounting for 55.6% of the total registered FDI capital. This is also the industry with the largest number of new and adjusted projects.
Followed by real estate with 5.17 billion USD (an increase of more than 2 times), science and technology activities, water supply and waste treatment reached 1.18 billion USD and nearly 903 million USD respectively.
Notably, although the wholesale and retail industry is not leading in capital, it accounts for the highest proportion of the number of capital contribution and share purchase transactions (40.9%), showing the excitement of the domestic market and the attraction of foreign retail.
As of the end of June 2024, 92 countries and territories have invested in Vietnam. Singapore maintained its No. 1 position with a total capital of 4.6 billion USD, despite a decrease of 24.8%. South Korea rose strongly with $30 billion (double in the same period), followed by China ($2.55 billion), Japan ($25 billion), and Malaysia ($1.59 billion).
China is the leader in the number of new projects (30.1%), focusing on manufacturing and processing industries. Meanwhile, Korea leads in both capital adjustments and capital contribution and share purchase transactions, showing that enterprises from this country are continuing to expand their scale and long-termly attached to the Vietnamese market.
The investment environment is increasingly attractive
Vietnam is recording itself as an attractive destination thanks to many favorable factors: stable macro economy, competitive labor costs, increasingly synchronous industrial park infrastructure, promoted administrative reform, along with deep integration commitments through new-generation free trade agreements.
According to experts, although the growth momentum of FDI is very positive, to maintain long-term attraction, Vietnam needs to continue to focus on improving the quality of human resources, developing a supporting industrial ecosystem, ensuring the capacity to provide logistics services, and improving institutions and laws in a transparent and consistent direction.
With the prospect of continuing to be bright in the second half of the year, Vietnam can completely expect to achieve and exceed the target of attracting 38-40 billion USD of FDI capital in 2025 - thereby affirming its role as a strategic investment center in the region.
