(VOVWORLD) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam 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.
The figures were released at a press conference on Monday, announcing Vietnam’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 over 4,000 new FDI projects were licensed in 2025, with total registered capital of 17.32 billion USD. Among sectors, the manufacturing and processing industry attracted the largest share of new FDI, with nearly 10 billion USD.
Among the 90 countries and territories with newly licensed projects in Vietnam in 2025, Singapore emerged as the largest investor, with 4.84 billion USD. It’s followed by China, Hong Kong (China), and Japan.
Vietnam’s total trade hit 930.05 billion USD in 2025, a 18.2% jump from a year earlier, with a trade surplus of 20.03 billion USD. The GSO said 36 product categories topped 1 billion USD in export revenue, or 94% of total exports. Eight exceeded 10 billion USD, making up 70.2%.
The US solidified its position as Vietnam’s biggest export market with 153.2 billion USD in purchases, while China remained the largest supplier at 186 billion USD.