Foreign Direct Investment Statistics

Vietnam’s investment planners are forecasting a massive surge in the foreign direct investment capital on the back of the country’s recent diplomatic successes. According to a survey conducted by the Asian Business Council, Vietnam ranked third for investment attraction among Asian nations in the 2007-2009 period, after China and India. (VIR, No. 837, 29.10.2007)

Update FDI Vietnam in four first months - 2008

Total FDI captial in last four months has reached almost 7.6 billion USD (+41% year on year). There is total 210 projects gratned investment licenses. Some typical projects in this period: Good Choice Co., Ltd. (1.29 billion USD), Berjaya Leisure (930 mil. USD). Real-estates development and tourism development are still the most attractive investment fields

FDI in Jan-Apr 2008 - Classified by Provinces

Vietnam FDI Capital FY2007 classified by industrial segments

Vietnam FDI Capital classified by provinces of Vietnam

Foreign Investment Mechanism in First Ten Months of 2007 in Vietnam

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Investment Ratio Classified industry from first 10 months of 2007

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FDI IN VIETNAM FROM JAN - SEP'07 CLASSIFIED BY PROVINCE

TOP 10 INVESTORS IN VIETNAM FROM JAN - SEP'07

The mechanisms of foreign direct investment are: 100% foreign owned (80.54 % of total invesment , 82.85% of total project number), Joint Venture (15.00%, 13.25%), Business Cooperation Contract (1.99%, 1.12%), and Joint Stock (2.46%, 2.79%)

Top 10 Investors in the first seven months are: Krea (214 projects, investment capital 1,434 million USD), Singapore (44, 1,316), British VirginIslands (29, 859), India (2, 527), Taiwan (109, 488), Japan (83, 427), Thailand (10, 247), China (56, 209), United States (31, 157), Canada (5, 144)

Top 5 provinces of Vietnam attracting highest FDI captial: Baria Vung Tau (17 project, total investment capital 1,066 million USD), Hanoi (122, 858), Hau Giang (2, 629), Binh Duong ̣(118, 610), HCMC (157, 581)

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN VIETNAM FROM 1988 -SEP.2007- top 20 investors

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TOTAL FDI CAPITAL IN VIETNAM 1998 - 2006

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FDI CAPITAL IN 2006 - CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRY

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FDI REVIEW IN 2005

Viet Nam attracted foreign direct investment (FDI) of 5.8 billion USD in 2005, a record high for the past eight years. Of the total figure, almost four billion USD comes from 771 newly licensed FDI projects and the rest from additional investment injected into existing projects.
2005 couldn't have gone better for foreign entrepreneurs in Viet Nam, who reached their highest revenue, 20 billion USD, since the 1997 Asian monetary crisis, and contributed 1.3 billion USD to the State budget.

The Government has relentlessly perfected its legal system, created more incentive policies for foreign investors and tried to fulfill its commitments to the international community. These progressive steps, he said, have consolidated the confidence of foreign investors in pouring their money into the country. Besides, Viet Nam's efforts to maintain its socio-political stability and step up and professionalise investment promotion activities also play a crucial role in increasing the FDI flow.

It is also recommended that the Government speed up improvement of its legal mechanism, prepare instructive documents for the implementation of the Investment Law and the Enterprise Law, intensify the decentralisation process and investment management work, create incentive policies for the development of supporting industries and facilitate the Viet Nam-Japan Joint Initiative Programme and the Viet Nam-Singapore Economic Linkage Project, he said, adding that these are crucial steps to raise Viet Nam's competitiveness in attracting FDI. (Brief from Vietnam News Agency, Vneconomy News)

VIETNAM FDI MECHANISM (1998 - NOVEMBER 2005). Source: MOT, MPI, VNA