Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam increased by 13.60 USD Billion in July of 2025. This dataset provides - Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Laos (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Vietnam data was reported at 176,991.125 USD th in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 200,491.960 USD th for 2020. Laos (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Vietnam data is updated yearly, averaging 59,923.697 USD th from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2021, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,231,164.181 USD th in 2008 and a record low of 1,112.400 USD th in 2000. Laos (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Vietnam data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Planning and Investment. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.O001: Foreign Direct Investment: By Country.

Economic growth is positively correlated with the annual increase in FDI attraction in Vietnam. FDI capital accounts for a significant proportion of total investment capital of the whole society. The increase in disbursed FDI will expand the production scale of economic sectors, thereby creating conditions to promote economic growth. FDI also helps boost exports, contributing to Vietnam's trade balance surplus, thereby boosting GDP growth. Foreign direct investment data from 2015 to the end of 2022 provides readers with the number of new investments and the amount of capital invested by foreign investors. The data is categorized by investment partner, investment provinces and by investment sectors.

In 2023, Ho Chi Minh City was the leading receiver of registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam, with an FDI value of over *********** U.S. dollars. Hai Phong was the province with the second-highest FDI capital registered that year, amounting to approximately *** billion U.S. dollars.

Vietnam: Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP: The latest value from 2024 is 4.23 percent, a decline from 4.26 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 4.56 percent, based on data from 105 countries. Historically, the average for Vietnam from 1985 to 2024 is 4.71 percent. The minimum value, -0 percent, was reached in 1985 while the maximum of 11.94 percent was recorded in 1994.

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Russia data was reported at 3.282 USD mn in Apr 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.806 USD mn for Mar 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Russia data is updated monthly, averaging 5.697 USD mn from Nov 2013 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 73 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.022 USD bn in Dec 2013 and a record low of 0.020 USD mn in Mar 2016. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Russia data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Foreign Investment Agency. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.O014: Foreign Direct Investment: Inflow: ytd: By Country or Region. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Key information about Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment

• Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 5.2 USD bn in Sep 2024, compared with an increase of 5.0 USD bn in the previous quarter.
• Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment: USD mn net flows data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1996 to Sep 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 5.8 USD bn in Dec 2023 and a record low of 150.0 USD mn in Jun 2002.

• In the latest reports of Vietnam, Current Account recorded a surplus of 7.8 USD bn in Sep 2024.
• Vietnam Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 170.0 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 836.0 USD mn in Sep 2024.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 362.6 USD bn in Dec 2021.

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) in Vietnam was reported at 4.2339 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Vietnam - Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on September of 2025.

In the first nine months of 2023, foreign direct investment (FDI) in manufacturing electrical equipment accounted for ** percent of the total newly registered FDI in the manufacturing sector in Vietnam. Following closely were the computers, electronic, and optical products segment, which held a share of ** percent in Vietnam's manufacturing sector.

In 2023, the total foreign direct investment (FDI) capital in Vietnam amounted to approximately **** billion U.S. dollars, indicating an increase compared to the previous year. That year, Vietnam recorded a total implemented foreign direct capital of ***** billion U.S. dollars.

In 2023, Vietnam's manufacturing industry recorded **** billion U.S. dollars in registered foreign direct investment (FDI). This industry has been the leading FDI receiver in the country in recent years. FDI enterprises in manufacturing have been responsible for the majority of Vietnam's major export products, including textiles and garments, mobile phones and phone parts, and computers and electronics products.

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: United States data was reported at 96.565 USD mn in Apr 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 57.094 USD mn for Mar 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: United States data is updated monthly, averaging 155.931 USD mn from Nov 2013 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 77 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 868.760 USD mn in Dec 2017 and a record low of 7.042 USD mn in Jan 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: United States data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Foreign Investment Agency. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.O014: Foreign Direct Investment: Inflow: ytd: By Country or Region. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

In 2023, Vietnam recorded a foreign direct disinvestment value of *** million U.S. dollars, indicating a significant decrease from the country's foreign direct investment (FDI) outflow value the year before. In that year, the FDI inflow value of Vietnam reached **** billion U.S. dollars.

In 2023, the manufacturing industry in Vietnam received around **** billion U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI), making it the leading FDI sector in the country. This sector has an increasingly important role in the export-oriented economy of Vietnam.

In 2022, foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises in Vietnam recorded an employment growth rate of *** percent, the lowest within the observed period. In that year, a FDI enterprise in the country employed *** employees on average.

In 2022, the net inflows of foreign direct investments in Vietnam amounted to approximately **** billion U.S. dollars, indicating a decrease from the FDI value in the previous year. In that year, the total value of FDI in ASEAN countries reached over *** billion U.S. dollars.

In 2023, there were around ***** registered FDI projects in Vietnam, indicating a significant increase from the previous year. During the same year, the total registered capital of these FDI projects in the country amounted to **** trillion U.S. dollar.

In the first nine months of 2023, Bac Giang, a city in northern Vietnam, had the largest share of the newly registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector, accounting for ** percent of the total investment. Foxxcon, a prominent Taiwanese manufacturer of electronic and computer components, has established its fifth factory in Bac Giang, thereby significantly contributing to the total foreign direct investment recorded in this city.

In 2023, Vietnam's manufacturing industry recorded ***** newly registered foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, making it the industry with the most new FDI projects that year. In the same year, this industry received a total FDI value of **** billion U.S. dollars, also the highest among all industries in the country.

In 2023, the manufacturing sector accounted for **** percent of the total foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam. FDI firms were responsible for producing the majority of many export products in Vietnam, including computers, electronic devices, and mobile phones.