Vietnam added another 431 foreign direct invested projects to its 2024 tally in August, along with just over US$2.5 billion in additional capital commitments, according to data from Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment. The biggest gains were in manufacturing and processing which added 134 new projects and US$1.51 billion.
Foreign direct investment, August 2024, 000s
NP=New Projects, NRC=Newly Registered Capital
| August | YTD | |||
| Sector | NP | NRC | NP | NRC |
| Manufacturing and processing industry | 134 | 1,511,150 | 771 | 14,165,390 |
| Real estate business activities | 11 | 490,000 | 53 | 3,361,370 |
| Wholesale and retail; repair cars, motorbikes, and motorbikes | 156 | 104,430 | 791 | 844,920 |
| Professional, scientific and technological activities | 56 | 271,310 | 249 | 761,910 |
| Transport and warehouse | 11 | 6,870 | 68 | 490,290 |
| Producing and distributing electricity, gas, water, and air conditioning | 0 | 0 | 2 | 195,540 |
| Other service activities | 0 | 3,010 | 3 | 164,040 |
| Financial, banking and insurance activities | 1 | 5,750 | 4 | 108,280 |
| Information and communication | 29 | 8,080 | 154 | 105,280 |
| Health and social assistance activities | 2 | 75,440 | 2 | 94,610 |
| Accommodation and food services | 7 | 7,570 | 30 | 83,420 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 4 | 18,830 | 8 | 73,560 |
| Construction | 7 | 10,440 | 34 | 69,140 |
| Administrative operations and support services | 9 | 3,070 | 46 | 67,390 |
| Education and training | 3 | 490 | 25 | 30,100 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 0 | 4,940 | 5 | 11,970 |
| Extractive | 1 | 2,040 | 1 | 2,810 |
| Working as hired labor in households | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water supply and waste treatment | 0 | 0 | 1 | -105,540 |
| Total | 431 | 2,523,420 | 2,247 | 20,524,480 |
Source: Ministry of Planning and Investment
January to July
- Vietnam added another 278 foreign direct invested projects to its 2024 tally in July, along with just over US$2.8 billion in additional capital commitments, according to data from Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment. The biggest gains were in manufacturing and processing which added 96 new projects and US$1.97 billion.
- Vietnam added another 311 foreign direct invested projects to its 2024 tally in June, along with almost US$4.1 billion in additional capital commitments, according to data from Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment. The biggest gains were in manufacturing and processing which added 100 new projects and US$3.3 billion.
- Vietnam added another 261 foreign direct invested projects to its 2024 tally in May, along with almost US$1.8 billion in additional capital commitments, according to data from Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Note that: Data is only to the 20th of the month. Also these are capital commitments, as in how much FDI has been pledged for a project, not necessarily how much has been spent.
Foreign direct investment, January to July, 000s
NP=New Projects, NRC=Newly Registered Capital
| July | June | May | April | March | February | January | YTD | |||||||||
| Sector | NP | NRC | NP | NRC | NP | NRC | NP | NRC | NP | NRC | NP | NRC | NP | NRC | NP | NRC |
| Manufacturing and processing industry | 96 | 1,965,090 | 100 | 3,255,630 | 82 | 1,279,940 | 116 | 2,227,057 | 84 | 1,388,287 | 96 | 1,822,323 | 63 | 715,913 | 637 | 12,654,240 |
| Wholesale and retail; repair cars, motorbikes, and motorbikes | 96 | 126,910 | 127 | 99,360 | 86 | 62,807 | 110 | 226,568 | 78 | 212,321 | 64 | -28,377 | 74 | 40,901 | 635 | 740,490 |
| Professional, scientific and technological activities | 32 | 38,189 | 33 | 138,021 | 32 | 29,199 | 33 | 95,026 | 30 | 113,812 | 19 | 73,950 | 14 | 2,403 | 193 | 490,600 |
| Information and communication | 19 | 24,558 | 14 | 5,642 | 34 | 14,945 | 20 | 21,654 | 14 | 11,999 | 11 | 16,826 | 13 | 1,576 | 125 | 97,200 |
| Transport and warehouse | 15 | 100,949 | 11 | 40,301 | 10 | -41,024 | 6 | 365,915 | 6 | 3,641 | 4 | 12,234 | 5 | 1,404 | 57 | 483,420 |
| Real estate business activities | 5 | 399,837 | 6 | 494,583 | 6 | 245,055 | 7 | 148,631 | 4 | 178,182 | 4 | 161,501 | 10 | 1,243,581 | 42 | 2,871,370 |
| Administrative operations and support services | 2 | 2,162 | 7 | 12,048 | 7 | 2,809 | 7 | 7,126 | 7 | 31,030 | 4 | 4,826 | 3 | 4,319 | 37 | 64,320 |
| Construction | 2 | 15,203 | 6 | 25,477 | 2 | 4,363 | 8 | 9,456 | 5 | 5,992 | 2 | -1,792 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 58,700 |
| Accommodation and food services | 5 | 19,225 | 1 | 4,905 | 1 | 15,727 | 7 | 21,530 | 2 | 2,389 | 4 | 11,788 | 3 | 286 | 23 | 75,850 |
| Education and training | 3 | 6,019 | 2 | 1,431 | 0 | 1,251 | 6 | 4,485 | 5 | 1,580 | 3 | 14,752 | 3 | 92 | 22 | 29,610 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 2 | 746 | 1 | 4,654 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1,577 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7,030 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 0 | 353 | 1 | 247 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7,740 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 46,386 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 54,730 |
| Other service activities | 1 | 220 | 2 | 280 | 0 | 157,995 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,431 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 161,030 |
| Financial, banking and insurance activities | 0 | 68,523 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1,183 | 1 | 1,100 | 2 | 31,722 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 102,530 |
| Producing and distributing electricity, gas, water, and air conditioning | 0 | 46,761 | 0 | 19,609 | 1 | 127,686 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,484 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 195,540 |
| Water supply and waste treatment | 0 | 997 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -110,307 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,742 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -105,540 |
| Health and social assistance activities | 0 | 101 | 0 | 10,419 | 0 | 6,928 | 0 | 1,721 | 0 | -40 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19,170 |
| Extractive | 0 | -5 | 0 | 775 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 770 |
| Working as hired labor in households | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 278 | 2,815,838 | 311 | 4,113,382 | 261 | 1,797,433 | 322 | 3,138,092 | 239 | 1,958,046 | 215 | 2,167,793 | 190 | 2,010,476 | 1,816 | 18,001,060 |