Foreign investment registered in Vietnam had reached US$33.69 billion as of November 30, up 7.4 percent from the same period last year, according to the latest data from the National Office of Statistics.
It notes there have been 3,695 newly licensed projects with registered capital of US$15.96 billion, an increase of 21.7 percent in project numbers but a decrease of 8.2 percent in registered capital.
Processing and manufacturing attracted US$9.17 billion in newly licensed foreign direct investment, accounting for 57.5 percent of the total, followed by real estate activities with US$3.14 billion, equal to 19.7 percent.
Among 88 countries and territories with newly licensed projects, Singapore has been the largest investor with US$4.29 billion, accounting for 26.9 percent of newly registered capital.
China has followed with US$3.40 billion, or 21.3 percent, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with US$1.66 billion, Japan with US$1.56 billion, Sweden with US$1.0 billion, Taiwan with US$951.1 million and South Korea with US$659.6 million.
A total of 1,318 existing projects have registered to increase capital by US$11.62 billion, up 17.0 percent from a year earlier.
Including newly registered and adjusted capital, processing and manufacturing received US$16.52 billion, accounting for 59.9 percent of the total, real estate activities US$5.72 billion, or 20.7 percent, and other industries US$5.34 billion, or 19.4 percent.
Foreign investors also registered US$6.11 billion in capital contributions and share purchases, up 50.7 percent from the same period last year.
This includes US$2.37 billion contributed to increase charter capital in 1,238 enterprises, and US$3.74 billion in share purchases in 1,987 cases without charter capital increases.
Processing and manufacturing accounted for US$2 billion of these capital contributions and share purchases, or 32.7 percent, professional, scientific and technological activities US$1.13 billion, or 18.5 percent, and other industries US$2.99 billion, or 48.8 percent.
Implemented foreign direct investment in the first eleven months of 2025 is estimated to have reached US$23.6 billion, up 8.9 percent from a year earlier.
Processing and manufacturing accounted for US$19.56 billion of implemented investment, or 82.9 percent, real estate activities US$1.67 billion, or 7.1 percent, and electricity, gas, hot water, steam and air conditioning US$754.9 million, or 3.2 percent.