This shows that this is a strong step forward for the Vietnamese economy when both attracting and proactively investing. Vietnam is showing that it is no longer just a "held player", but also a proactive player in global investment chess.
According to data from the Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance), the total registered foreign investment capital in Vietnam as of August 31, 2025 includes: Newly registered capital, adjusted registered capital and the value of capital contribution and share purchase by foreign investors reached 26.14 billion USD, an increase of 27.3% over the same period last year.
Newly licensed capital has 2,534 projects with registered capital reaching 11.03 billion USD, an increase of 12.6% over the same period last year in terms of project numbers and a decrease of 8.1% in terms of registered capital. Of which, the newly licensed processing and manufacturing industry has the largest foreign direct investment with a registered capital of 6.53 billion USD, accounting for 59.2% of the total newly registered capital; real estate business activities reached 2.37 billion USD, accounting for 21.5%; the remaining industries reached 2.13 billion USD, accounting for 19.3%.
Of the 78 countries and territories with newly licensed investment projects in Vietnam in the first eight months of 2025, Singapore is the largest investor with 3.06 billion USD, accounting for 27.8% of the total newly registered capital; followed by China with 2.65 billion USD, accounting for 24.0%; Sweden with 1 billion USD, accounting for 9.1%...
Adjusted registered capital has 996 projects licensed from previous years with an additional adjusted investment capital of 10.65 billion USD, an increase of 85.9% over the same period last year.
If including newly registered capital and adjusted registered capital of projects licensed in previous years, foreign direct investment registered in the processing and manufacturing industry reached 13.64 billion USD, accounting for 62.9% of the total newly registered capital and increased; real estate business activities reached 4.98 billion USD, accounting for 23.0%; the remaining industries reached 3.06 billion USD, accounting for 14.1%.
Foreign direct investment capital implemented in Vietnam in the first eight months of 2025 is estimated at 15.40 billion USD, up 8.8% over the same period last year. This is the highest amount of foreign direct investment capital implemented in eight months in the past 5 years.
On the contrary, Vietnam's investment abroad in the first eight months of 2025 has 108 projects newly granted investment certificates with a total capital of 426.5 million USD from Vietnam, 2.9 times higher than the same period last year; there are 21 projects with adjusted capital increase of 129.7 million USD.
In total, Vietnam's total foreign investment capital (newly granted and adjusted capital) reached 556.2 million USD, 3.8 times higher than the same period last year. In the first 8 months of 2025, 33 countries and territories received investment from Vietnam.
