Registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam reached 54.85 billion USD as of October 31, 2026. The National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance said the figure was up 74% year on year and the highest since 2009.
The total includes newly registered capital, additional investment in existing projects, and foreign investors’ capital contributions and share purchases.
A total of 3,478 newly licensed projects registered 30.73 billion USD in capital, 2.2 times the amount recorded a year earlier. Processing and manufacturing accounted for 14.61 billion USD, or 47.5% of the total, followed by transportation and warehousing with 5.15 billion USD, or 16.7%.
Another 1,079 existing projects registered additional investment of 16.13 billion USD, up 33.2% year on year.
Combined newly registered and additional capital reached 46.86 billion USD. Processing and manufacturing accounted for 24.19 billion USD, or 51.6%, while real estate business received 7.08 billion USD, or 15.1%.
Foreign investors also conducted 2,616 capital contribution and share purchase transactions worth a combined 7.99 billion USD, up 49.6% year on year. Of this amount, 3.28 billion USD went to increasing the charter capital of domestic enterprises, while 4.71 billion USD was spent on share acquisitions without increasing charter capital.
Professional, scientific and technological activities attracted the largest amount through these transactions, at 2.78 billion USD, or 34.8%. Wholesale and retail trade, as well as automobile and motorcycle repair, accounted for 2.17 billion USD, or 27.1%.
Among the 80 countries and territories with newly licensed projects in Vietnam, Singapore was the largest investor with 9.52 billion USD, or 31% of newly registered capital. The Republic of Korea ranked second with 5.81 billion USD, or 18.9%, followed by Luxembourg with 4.99 billion USD, or 16.2%. Hong Kong (China) accounted for 3.57 billion USD, or 11.6%, and China for 2.77 billion USD, or 9%.
Disbursed FDI reached an estimated 24.08 billion USD in the first 10 months, up 13.1% year on year and the highest level for the same period in five years.
Processing and manufacturing accounted for 19.96 billion USD, or 82.9%, of disbursed investment. Real estate business followed with 1.76 billion USD, or 7.3%, while electricity, gas, hot water, steam and air conditioning production and supply accounted for 785.2 million USD, or 3.3%, the National Statistics Office reported.
Sources: VietnamPlus / Vietnam News Agency
