HCMC – Foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursements in Vietnam in the first seven months of 2025 reached a five-year high of US$13.6 billion, showed official data.
The figure was up 8.4% from a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office. Manufacturing and processing accounted for US$11.1 billion, or 81.6% of total disbursements. Real estate projects received US$1.09 billion.
Total registered FDI, including new pledges, additional capital and stake acquisitions, increased 27.3% to US$24.09 billion.
Vietnam approved 2,254 new projects worth US$10.03 billion in the period, up 15.2% in number but down 11.1% in value from a year earlier.
Singapore was the largest source of newly registered capital with US$2.84 billion, followed by China with US$2.27 billion, Sweden with US$1 billion and Japan with US$865.8 million.
Capital additions to existing projects nearly doubled to US$9.99 billion, while foreign investors’ stake acquisitions and capital contributions jumped 61% to US$4.07 billion.
