7th March 2025

Asia

FDI disbursement in Vietnam reaches a 5-year high for the January-February period

The total foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursed in Vietnam in the first two months of 2025 is estimated to rise 5.4 percent year on year to 2.95 billion U.S. dollars, a record for the two-month period in the past five years, the country’s General Statistics Office has announced.

The processing-manufacturing sector saw the largest amount at 2.42 billion dollars, accounting for 82.1 percent of the total FDI disbursed in the Southeast Asian country during the cited period.

It was followed by real estate business at 203 million dollars, and production and distribution of electricity, gas, hot water, steam and air conditioning at 122 million dollars.

Foreign investment registered into Vietnam in the first two months reached nearly 6.9 billion dollars, a year-on-year increase of 35.5 percent, said the office.