According to the Foreign Investment Department (Ministry of Planning and Investment), newly registered investment capital and capital contribution and share purchase activities of foreign investors continued to increase.

There are more than 1,920 FDI projects granted investment registration certificates with newly registered capital of more than 8.8 billion USD. Over the same period, the number of projects increased by nearly 70% and nearly 40% in terms of capital.

At the same time, there were 830 times of projects registered to adjust capital with a total additional investment of more than 4.5 billion USD.

Besides, there were 2,268 transactions of capital contribution and share purchase with a total value of more than 4.4 billion USD, down 6.5% in number of transactions but increasing by nearly 63% in capital.

Realized capital of foreign investment projects also increased slightly over the same period. As of August 20, it is estimated that foreign investment projects have disbursed about 13 billion USD, up more than 1% over the same period in 2022, up 0.5 percentage points compared to the first 7 months of the year.

By sector, foreign investors have poured into 18 sectors out of 21 national economic sectors. In which, the processing and manufacturing industry took the lead with a total investment of nearly 13 billion USD, accounting for nearly 68% of the total registered investment capital and increasing by 15% over the same period.

Real estate business is the second most capital-absorbing field, with a total investment capital of more than 1.76 billion USD, accounting for nearly 10% of total registered capital and down 47% over the same period. The finance-banking industry attracted $1.54 million billion of FDI, more than 60 times higher than the same period last year.

In the first eight months of the year, Singapore was the leading country pouring FDI into Vietnam with a total capital of more than 3.83 billion USD, accounting for more than 21% of total investment capital in Vietnam, down 15% over the same period. China ranked second with nearly 2.69 billion USD, accounting for nearly 15% of total investment capital, up more than 90% over the same period. Japan ranked third with a total registered investment capital of more than 2.58 billion USD, accounting for more than 14%, a sharp increase of 73% over the same period. Next is Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, ...

Hanoi is the leading locality in receiving FDI capital, with a total registered capital of more than 2.34 billion USD, accounting for nearly 13% of total FDI capital and increasing sharply by 2.9 times over the same period last year. Hai Phong ranked second with a total registered investment capital of more than 2 billion USD, accounting for nearly 12% of the total investment capital of the country, up 72% over the same period. Followed by Ho Chi Minh City, Bac Giang, Binh Duong.