Foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursed in Viet Nam during the first two months of 2026 is estimated at 3.21 billion USD, up 8.8% year-on-year and the highest level recorded for the period in the past five years, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.

The article said Viet Nam attracted its highest level of FDI over the past five years in 2025 and is expected to maintain its appeal in 2026 as international investors regard the country as one of the region’s most promising long-term investment destinations.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, in coordination with relevant departments, agencies, and Becamex Group, held a ceremony on January 15 to announce the development of the Northern Ho Chi Minh City Science and Technology Urban Area. Former State President Nguyen Minh Triet attended the event.

Leveraging internal strengths while attracting and efficiently deploying investment capital, particularly foreign direct investment (FDI), has provided a strong impetus for high GRDP growth in a number of localities in 2025.

According to the latest estimated results, six localities have been named in the group achieving breakthrough growth of over 10%. Among them, Quang Ninh (11.89%) and Hai Phong (11.81%) hold the leading positions in terms of growth rate, thanks to their strong capacity to absorb investment capital, especially foreign direct investment (FDI), and the breakthrough of modern industrial and service complexes.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Viet Nam continued to show resilience in 2025, with total newly registered capital reaching 38.42 billion USD, up 0.5% year-on-year, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.

Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Viet Nam Shantanu Chakraborty provided a detailed analysis of Viet Nam’s economic performance in 2025 and its 2026 prospects in an interview recently granted to the Viet Nam News Agency (VNA).

Vietnam is aiming to become a high-tech economy with the STI pillars identified as the enablers, and the local conditions enable their rapid development, said an Israeli expert.

Total registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ho Chi Minh City in 2025 is estimated at nearly 8.37 billion USD, up 24.2% from 2024, reflecting the continued appeal of the southern metropolis to foreign investors.

Viet Nam attracted 33.69 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of 2025, with manufacturing and processing continuing to draw the strongest interest from foreign investors.

The stringent standards accompanying new-generation foreign direct investment (FDI) pose considerable challenges for industrial parks in Viet Nam, which now have only one path forward, that is to upgrade themselves.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has demanded ministries, heads of sectors, and leaders of localities to promote decisive and effective actions to ensure the tasks and targets for 2025 and the 2021–2025 period are achieved with the best possible results, creating momentum for successfully implementing the resolution of the coming 14th National Party Congress.

To ensure rapid, comprehensive and sustainable development and achieve the goal of becoming an industrialised country by 2050, the domestic private sector and the foreign direct investment (FDI) sector play a decisive role.

Viet Nam saw about 21.3 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursement during the first ten months of 2025, an 8.8% increase from the same period last year and the highest 10-month level recorded over the past five years, reported the National Statistics Office (NSO).

Despite lingering risks related to tariffs and climate, Vietnam’s 7.85% GDP growth in the first nine months of 2025 reflects its resilience through policy reforms and economic diversification, ainvest.com noted.

Following the administrative merger, the northern province of Bac Ninh catapulted to the top of Viet Nam's foreign direct investment (FDI) rankings in the first eight months of the year, overtaking Ho Chi Minh City.

In the first half of 2025, Viet Nam recorded a 32% increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector, equivalent to nearly 12 billion USD, accounting for more than 56% of total registered capital. This is the highest level since 2009, marking progress not only in scale but also in the quality of flows of investment capital.

Viet Nam is witnessing a steady rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) from Europe, with increasing businesses viewing the country as a strategic destination, particularly in clean energy, high technology, semiconductors, and infrastructure.

Viet Nam Report, in collaboration with VietNamNet newspaper, has announced the 2025 PROFIT500 Ranking – the Top 500 Most Profitable Companies in Viet Nam.

Viet Nam's foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursement reached 15.4 billion USD in the January-August period, up 8.8% from the same period last year, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).