Hanoi attracted $4.067 billion in foreign direct investment in the first nine months of 2026, up 5.9% from the same period in 2025, according to a report by the Hanoi Statistics Office on the city's third-quarter and nine-month socio-economic performance.
The city issued licenses for 500 new projects with total registered capital of $676 million. Another 113 projects registered additional capital of $691 million.
Capital contributions and share purchases accounted for the largest share. Hanoi recorded 281 such transactions by foreign investors worth $2.7 billion, about 66% of the FDI attracted during the period.
Professional, scientific and technical activities led by value, attracting about $2.243 billion, or 55.2% of Hanoi's total FDI. The statistics office said the figure mainly came from large capital contribution and share purchase transactions.
Real estate ranked second with about $394 million, or 9.69% of the city's total FDI. Information and communications followed with $352.1 million, or 8.66%, while wholesale and retail trade attracted $247.1 million, or 6.08%.
Manufacturing and processing attracted $232.2 million in FDI. Water supply and waste treatment received $220.2 million, accounting for 5.7% and 5.41%, respectively.
Accommodation and food services attracted $61.2 million, followed by construction with $55.5 million. Projects were also recorded in administrative and support services, transport and storage, education, finance and banking, healthcare, and agriculture, but the amounts were small.
In September alone, Hanoi attracted $329.9 million in FDI. The city licensed 50 new projects worth $103.9 million, approved additional capital of $198.4 million for 16 projects, and recorded 27 foreign capital contribution or share purchase transactions worth $27.6 million.
The report also recorded growth in real estate. The sector's value added is estimated to have increased 3.28% year on year in the first nine months, contributing 0.11 percentage points to Hanoi's GRDP growth.
The services sector grew 9.14% year on year during the same period and contributed 6.15 percentage points to GRDP growth. Transport and storage, finance, banking and insurance, arts and entertainment, and wholesale and retail were among the service industries that grew by more than 10%.
Sources: Dân trí
