VIETNAM'S H1 FDI COMMITMENTS HIT RECORD US$34.7BN: STATISTICS OFFICE

Foreign direct investment (FDI) commitments to Vietnam reached a record US$34.65 billion in the first six months of 2026, up 61 percent from a year earlier, reflecting strong foreign investor interest despite global geopolitical uncertainties, the National Statistics Office said.

Workers work at a plant in Vietnam. Photo: N. Kh.

The total nearly matched the $38.42 billion in FDI commitments recorded for all of 2025, according to data released at a news conference on Vietnam's second-quarter and first-half economic performance.

The statistics office said more than 2,000 new foreign-invested projects were licensed during the January-June period, with a combined registered capital of about $17.3 billion, up 1.3 percent in project numbers and 87.2 percent in registered capital from a year earlier.

Singapore was the largest source of newly registered investment, with about $7.3 billion, accounting for 42.1 percent of newly licensed capital.

It was followed by South Korea with more than $5.4 billion, Japan with $1.2 billion, China with $977 million, Hong Kong with $665.6 million, and the Netherlands with $420 million.

The office said 541 existing foreign-invested projects increased their registered capital by a combined $11 billion during the period.

Capital contributed through share purchases and equity acquisitions by foreign investors rose 89.5 percent from a year earlier to more than $6.2 billion.

Disbursed FDI, which measures actual investment inflows, rose 11.2 percent from a year earlier to about $13 billion in the first half, the highest level for the period in the past five years.

Vietnamese investment abroad totaled about $1.21 billion in the first six months of the year, the office said.

Nguyen Thi Huong, head of the National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance, said the record level of registered FDI reflected growing confidence among foreign investors in Vietnam's investment environment and reinforced the country's appeal as an investment destination despite global geopolitical uncertainties.

Source: Tuổi Trẻ News