Vietnam attracted $13.82 billion of FDI capital in the first four months of this year, marking a significant growth of 39.9% compared to the same period of 2024, according to the Foreign Investment Agency at the Ministry  of Finance.

Some  1,204 new FDI projects were granted investment licenses in the period, with total registered capital of 5.59 billion, up 14.1% year-on-year in volume but down 23.8% in value.

The manufacturing and processing continued to take the lead in terms of investment capital with $3.39 billion, accounting for 60.6% of the total, followed by the real estate sector with $1.51 billion or 26.9%.

Singapore ranked the first among 60 countries and territories investing new projects in Vietnam in the period with total investment capital of $1.6 billion, followed by China with $1.52 billion and Japan with $573.2 million.

In the four-month period, FDI disbursement was estimated at $6.74 billion, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%.