The figures were released at a press conference on January 5, announcing Viet Nam’s socio-economic statistics for the fourth quarter and the whole of 2025. Notably, disbursed FDI reached an estimated 27.62 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 9% and the highest level recorded over the past five years.
The NSO reported that 4,054 new FDI projects were licensed in the year, with total registered capital of 17.32 billion USD. While the number of newly licensed projects rose by 20.1% compared to 2024, registered capital fell by 12.2%. Among sectors, the manufacturing and processing industry attracted the largest share of new FDI, with 9.8 billion USD, accounting for 56.5% of total newly registered capital. Real estate activities followed with 3.67 billion USD, or 21.2%, while the remaining sectors together accounted for 3.85 billion USD, or 22.2%.
In addition, 1,404 ongoing projects were granted permission to adjust their capital, with additional investment amounting to 14.07 billion USD, up 0.8% year-on-year. When combining newly registered and adjusted capital, the manufacturing and processing sector continued to dominate, drawing 18.59 billion USD, or 59.2% of the total. Real estate ranked second with 6.26 billion USD, equivalent to 19.9%, while other sectors received 6.54 billion USD, or 20.9%.
Foreign investors also remained active through capital contributions and share purchases. In 2025, there were 3,587 such transactions, with a total value of 7.03 billion USD, up 54.8% compared to the previous year. Of these, 1,305 transactions increased the charter capital of domestic enterprises, contributing 2.55 billion USD, while 2,282 transactions involved share purchases without increasing charter capital, valued at 4.48 billion USD.
By sector, manufacturing and processing again led capital contributions and share purchases with 2.43 billion USD, accounting for 34.6% of the total. Professional, scientific and technological activities attracted 1.29 billion USD, or 18.3%, while other sectors accounted for 3.31 billion USD, or 47.1%.
Among the 90 countries and territories with newly licensed projects in Viet Nam in 2025, Singapore emerged as the largest investor, with 4.84 billion USD, representing 27.9% of newly registered capital. China ranked second with 3.64 billion USD (21%), followed by Hong Kong (China) with 1.73 billion USD (10%), Japan with 1.62 billion USD (9.4%), Sweden with 1 billion USD (5.8%), Taiwan (China) with 965.8 million USD (5.6%), and the Republic of Korea with 895.9 million USD (5.2%).
