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Foreign investment remained a bright spot in Vietnam in the first four months of 2026. Foreign direct investment (FDI) realized during the period is estimated at 7.40 billion USD, up 9.8% year-on-year, marking the highest realized amount for the same period in five years.
FDI realized in Vietnam in the first four months of 2026 totaled about 7.4 billion USD. Processing and manufacturing accounted for 6.12 billion USD, or 82.7% of total realized FDI. Real estate business contributed 540.5 million USD (7.3%), while production and distribution of electricity, gas, hot water, steam and air conditioning accounted for 270.6 million USD (3.7%).
Total registered FDI into Vietnam as of April 27, 2026 rose 32% year-on-year. A total of 1,249 projects were licensed with newly registered capital of 12.15 billion USD. This represented a 3.7% year-on-year increase in the number of projects and a 2.2 times increase in registered capital.
Registered capital adjustments involved 316 projects from previous years that registered additional investment of 3.13 billion USD, down 51.0% year-on-year.
Foreign investor capital contributions and share purchases totaled 976 instances, with contributed capital of 2.96 billion USD, up 61.9% year-on-year. Of these, 325 instances increased a company’s charter capital with contributed capital of 445.13 million USD. The remaining 651 instances involved foreign investors buying domestic shares without increasing charter capital, with a value of 2.51 billion USD.
Among 53 countries and territories with new investment projects licensed in Vietnam, Singapore was the largest investor with 6.05 billion USD, accounting for 49.8% of total newly registered capital. Korea followed with 4.08 billion USD (33.6%), then China with 524.1 million USD (4.3%), Japan with 462 million USD (3.8%), Hong Kong SAR (China) with 329.2 million USD (2.7%), and the Netherlands with 318.5 million USD (2.6%).
In addition, Vietnam’s outward FDI in the first four months of 2026 included 74 new projects with total capital from Vietnam of 691.1 million USD, up 2.6 times year-on-year. There were also 4 project adjustments increasing capital by 22.8 million USD, down 43.2%.
Total outward FDI (new and adjustments) reached 713.9 million USD, up 2.3 times year-on-year.
Source: General Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance.
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