Vietnam sees resilient FDI in 2025 with $38.4 bn in new commitments

Disbursed FDI was estimated at $27.62 billion, up 9 per cent from a year earlier and marking the highest level recorded in the past five years, underscoring sustained investor confidence.

By sector, manufacturing and processing again led these transactions, attracting $2.43 billion, or 34.6 per cent of the total value, as per Vietnamese media reports.

Manufacturing and processing also attracted the largest share of new inflows at $9.8 billion, accounting for 56.5 per cent of newly registered capital.

A total of 1,404 existing projects were allowed to adjust their investment, adding $14.07 billion in capital, up 0.8 per cent YoY. When combining newly registered and adjusted capital, manufacturing and processing continued to dominate with $18.59 billion, representing 59.2 per cent of the total.

During the year, Vietnam licensed 4,054 new FDI projects with total registered capital of $17.32 billion. While the number of newly approved projects rose sharply by 20.1 per cent compared to 2024, their registered capital declined by 12.2 per cent.

In 2025, Vietnam recorded 3,587 such transactions worth $7.03 billion, a strong increase of 54.8 per cent compared with the previous year. Of these, 1,305 transactions involved capital injections into domestic enterprises totalling $2.55 billion, while 2,282 share purchase deals without capital increases were valued at $4.48 billion.

Among the 90 countries and territories with newly licensed projects in Vietnam in 2025, Singapore emerged as the largest investor, committing $4.84 billion and accounting for 27.9 per cent of newly registered capital. China ranked second with $3.64 billion, or 21 per cent, followed by Hong Kong (China) at $1.73 billion (10 per cent), Japan at $1.62 billion (9.4 per cent), Sweden at $1 billion (5.8 per cent), Taiwan (China) at $965.8 million (5.6 per cent), and the Republic of Korea at $895.9 million (5.2 per cent).

ALCHEMPro News Desk (SG)