Why did FDI capital in Vietnam skyrocket in 7 months?

vốn FDI - Ảnh 1. — Vietnam remains an attractive investment destination (in the photo of the factory invested by Foxconn in Bac Ninh ) - Photo: HQ

The attraction of policy innovation

This is a positive economic signal in the context of global trade being affected by US reciprocal tariffs.

According to the socio-economic situation report for the first 7 months of 2025 announced by the General Statistics Office, Ministry of Finance on the morning of August 6, as of July 31, the total newly registered, adjusted and contributed FDI capital to buy shares by FDI investors reached 24.09 billion USD, up 27.3% over the same period last year.

Of which, realized FDI capital in 7 months is estimated at 13.6 billion USD, up 8.4% over the same period last year.

Commenting on the surge in FDI capital flows into Vietnam in the past 7 months, Mr. Nguyen Van Toan, Vice President of the Association of Foreign Investment Enterprises, said that in principle, the difficult market in terms of trade will reduce the investment capital flows into Vietnam.

However, Vietnam still has an advantage when the US imposes reciprocal tariffs on all countries, indirectly hitting China, its biggest rival.

The second factor is the attraction from Vietnam's innovations such as upgrading the stock market in the coming time, merging provinces, promoting private economic development, focusing on economic development, creating confidence for investors.

FDI investors see that Vietnam's economic growth potential will be very fast in the coming time, so they continue to increase their investment capital in our country. In addition, the flow of FDI investment from outside to Vietnam has been quietly taking place in recent times, Mr. Toan added.

According to Dr. Pham Hung Tien, Deputy Director of the FNF Vietnam Institute, investors from the US are particularly interested in Vietnam's innovation policies in recent times. US investors have not invested much in Vietnam, but their potential for investment in Vietnam is huge. Many large US corporations in the top 500 largest corporations in the world are also planning to invest in Vietnam.

In addition to US investors, Mr. Tien also said that other major trade partners such as China and the EU are also investing heavily in Vietnam, and BRIC countries also see Vietnam as a stable market. It can be seen that FDI capital is still pouring into Vietnam because they find our investment environment really attractive.

Industrial production rebounds

According to the statistics released by the General Statistics Office, industrial production in July continued to maintain its growth momentum. The index of industrial production (IIP) in July is estimated to increase by 0.5% compared to the previous month and by 8.5% compared to the same period last year.

In the first seven months of 2025, IIP is estimated to increase by 8.6% over the same period last year (same period in 2024 increased by 8.5%).

The number of workers working in industrial enterprises as of July 1 increased by 1% compared to the same period last month and increased by 3.9% compared to the same period last year.

In the first 7 months of 2025, the whole country had 174,000 newly registered and resuming businesses, an increase of 22.9% over the same period last year. On average, there were 24,900 newly established and resuming businesses per month.

The number of enterprises withdrawing from the market in the same period was 144,400, an increase of 15.1% over the same period last year. On average, 20,600 enterprises withdrew from the market per month.

In addition, in the first 7 months of this year, the total import and export turnover reached 514.7 billion USD, an increase of 16.3% over the same period last year, of which exports increased by 14.8%, imports increased by 17.9%, and the trade balance had a trade surplus of 10.18 billion USD.

Average inflation (consumer price index - CPI) in seven months increased by 3.26% over the same period last year.

International visitors to Vietnam increased by 22.5%

In July, international visitors to Vietnam reached 1.56 million, up 6.8% over the previous month and 35.7% over the same period last year. In the first 7 months, international visitors to Vietnam reached 12.23 million, up 22.5% over the same period last year.

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/von-fdi-vao-viet-nam-tang-vot-trong-7-thang-do-dau-20250806111305617.htm