Vietnam attracted $38.06 billion in registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first seven months of 2026, up 58.0% year-on-year, the National Statistics Office announced on August 3.
The total includes newly registered capital, additional investment for existing projects, and capital contributions and share acquisitions.
Newly registered FDI recorded particularly strong growth. During the January–July period, Vietnam licensed 2,429 new projects with combined registered capital of $21.05 billion. While the number of new projects increased by 7.8% from a year earlier, newly registered capital more than doubled.
Manufacturing and processing remained the largest FDI recipient, attracting $11.58 billion, equivalent to 55.0% of newly registered capital.
Among 69 countries and territories investing in Vietnam, Singapore was the largest source of newly registered FDI with $7.5 billion, representing 35.6% of the total. It was followed by South Korea with $5.61 billion, Hong Kong (China) with $2.91 billion, and China with $1.73 billion.
Additional capital injections into existing projects reached $10.43 billion through 666 project adjustments, up 4.4% year-on-year.
Meanwhile, capital contributions and share acquisitions totalled $6.58 billion across 1,815 transactions, soaring 61.6% from the same period last year. Most of the investment flowed into professional, scientific and technical activities ($2.68 billion) and wholesale and retail trade ($1.96 billion).
The National Statistics Office also estimated that disbursed FDI reached $15.20 billion during the first seven months of the year, an increase of 11.8% from a year earlier and the highest seven-month disbursement level recorded in the past five years.
Google translate