Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam increased by 21.30 USD Billion in October of 2025. This dataset provides - Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Key information about Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment

• Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 5.4 USD bn in Jun 2025, compared with an increase of 4.0 USD bn in the previous quarter.
• Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment: USD mn net flows data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1996 to Jun 2025.

CEIC extend history for quarterly Foreign Direct Investment. The State Bank of Vietnam provides Foreign Direct Investment in USD. Foreign Direct Investment prior to Q1 2013 is sourced from the International Monetary Fund.


Related information about Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment

• In the latest reports of Vietnam, Current Account recorded a surplus of 8.7 USD bn in Jun 2025.
• Vietnam Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 140.0 USD mn in Jun 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 714.0 USD mn in Jun 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 476.3 USD bn in Dec 2024.

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.

Key information about Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) registered a growth equal to 4.2 % of the country's Nominal GDP in Dec 2024, compared with a growth equal to 4.3 % in the previous year.
• Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment: % of Nominal GDP data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1985 to Dec 2024.
• The data reached an all-time high of 1,280.0 % in Dec 2012 and a record low 130.0 % in Dec 2004.

CEIC calculates annual Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP from quarterly Foreign Direct Investment and annual Nominal GDP. The State Bank of Vietnam provides Foreign Direct Investment in USD. The National Statistics Office provides Nominal GDP in local currency. The State Bank of Vietnam average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Foreign Direct Investment as % of Nominal GDP prior to 2012 is sourced from the World Bank.


Related information about Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP

• In the latest reports of Vietnam, Current Account recorded a surplus of 8.7 USD bn in Jun 2025.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) increased by 5.4 USD bn in Jun 2025.
• Vietnam Direct Investment Abroad expanded by 140.0 USD mn in Jun 2025.
• Its Foreign Portfolio Investment fell by 714.0 USD mn in Jun 2025.
• The country's Nominal GDP was reported at 476.3 USD bn in Dec 2024.

Actual value and historical data chart for Vietnam Foreign Direct Investment Net Inflows Percent Of GDP

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]

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Indonesia data was reported at 6.804 USD mn in Apr 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.181 USD mn for Mar 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Indonesia data is updated monthly, averaging 22.069 USD mn from Nov 2013 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 70 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 353.659 USD mn in Aug 2014 and a record low of 0.068 USD mn in Jan 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Indonesia 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]

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Registered Capital: Year to Date data was reported at 14.125 USD bn in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 11.800 USD bn for Jun 2018. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Registered Capital: Year to Date data is updated quarterly, averaging 3.930 USD bn from Mar 2001 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 71 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 60.271 USD bn in Dec 2008 and a record low of 178.655 USD mn in Mar 2003. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Registered Capital: Year to Date data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by General Statistics Office. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.O014: Foreign Direct Investment: ytd: Quarterly. FDI sectors with figures '0' at the period indicate no newly registered capital through new project capital inflow, but involves other capital injection through existing project capital increment or company share purchase whereas 'null' indicate neither of the above mentioned capital incremental methods is involved during that period.

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.

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Samoa data was reported at 79.839 USD mn in Apr 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 26.739 USD mn for Mar 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Samoa data is updated monthly, averaging 153.039 USD mn from Nov 2013 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 78 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.395 USD bn in Dec 2015 and a record low of 0.950 USD mn in Jan 2016. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Samoa 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 the first five months of 2023, South Korea was the largest investor in Vietnam, accounting for ** percent of the total value of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows. Singapore and Japan were also among the leading nations that contributed to Vietnam's FDI inflows that year.

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Hungary data was reported at 0.014 USD mn in Apr 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.014 USD mn for Mar 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Hungary data is updated monthly, averaging 0.630 USD mn from Nov 2013 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.369 USD mn in Sep 2017 and a record low of 0.014 USD mn in Apr 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Hungary 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]

Vietnam EX: (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Textiles and Garments data was reported at 1.860 USD bn in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.475 USD bn for Feb 2025. Vietnam EX: (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Textiles and Garments data is updated monthly, averaging 1.452 USD bn from Jan 2013 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 147 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.435 USD bn in Aug 2022 and a record low of 542.980 USD mn in Feb 2013. Vietnam EX: (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Textiles and Garments data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Vietnam Customs. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.JA011: Exports: By Commodity: Value: FDI Traders.

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Addtl: Real Estate Activities data was reported at 738.642 USD mn in Nov 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 89.564 USD mn for Oct 2018. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Addtl: Real Estate Activities data is updated monthly, averaging 122.303 USD mn from Nov 2013 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 59 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 738.642 USD mn in Nov 2018 and a record low of -560.051 USD mn in Nov 2016. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Addtl: Real Estate Activities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Foreign Investment Agency. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Vietnam – Table VN.O013: Foreign Direct Investment: ytd.

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Hong Kong SAR (China) data was reported at 309.598 USD mn in Apr 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 383.056 USD mn for Mar 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Hong Kong SAR (China) data is updated monthly, averaging 1.006 USD bn from Nov 2013 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 78 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.869 USD bn in Dec 2019 and a record low of 29.158 USD mn in Jan 2017. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: Hong Kong SAR (China) 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's manufacturing industry recorded **** billion U.S. dollars in registered foreign direct investment (FDI), making it the country's leading industry for foreign investors. FDI enterprises in this industry 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.

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.

In 2023, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows accounted for around *** percent of Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP), indicating a slight decrease from the year before. Vietnam has emerged as one of the leading recipients of FDI in the Asian Pacific region in recent years.

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.

Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: United Arab Emirates data was reported at 6.834 USD mn in Apr 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 6.834 USD mn for Mar 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: United Arab Emirates data is updated monthly, averaging 0.450 USD mn from Nov 2013 (Median) to Apr 2020, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.834 USD mn in Apr 2020 and a record low of 0.024 USD mn in Feb 2020. Vietnam (FDI) Foreign Direct Investment: Year to Date: Registered Cap: Total: United Arab Emirates 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]