New impetus in attracting foreign investment

With a strategy of deep international economic integration, stable policies and continuous reform efforts, Vietnam continues to affirm its position as an attractive, safe and effective destination for global investors.

Staying "in shape" in the face of many fluctuations

Despite the uncertainties of the global economy, FDI inflows into Vietnam continue to record positive signals. A quick report recently released by the Foreign Investment Agency ( Ministry of Finance ) shows that in the first 4 months of 2025, the total registered FDI capital in Vietnam reached nearly 13.82 billion USD, an increase of nearly 40% over the same period in 2024. The number of projects adjusting capital also increased sharply by 44.4%, to 540. Capital contribution and share purchase activities were equally vibrant with 1,106 transactions, an increase of 8.3% and a total value of nearly 1.83 billion USD, nearly 2.1 times higher than the same period in 2024.

Although newly registered capital decreased compared to the same period last year, according to the assessment of the Foreign Investment Agency, the strong increase in adjusted capital, capital contribution and share purchase has effectively compensated for this decrease; at the same time, it is a testament to the increasing confidence of investors in the investment and business environment in Vietnam. Not only coming to seek new opportunities, many existing FDI enterprises are continuing to expand their scale, improve production capacity and domestic value chains.

More importantly, the quality of capital flows has been improved. According to Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang, recently, many large enterprises from the US and EU have continued to make new investments and expand their investments, building supply chains in Vietnam. Specifically, Qualcomm Group (USA) has acquired VinAI's artificial intelligence development company, expecting to build the company's third largest AI R&D center in the world in Vietnam. LEGO Group (Denmark) recently inaugurated a factory worth over 1.3 billion USD in Vietnam. Meanwhile, SYRE Group (Sweden) is aiming to make Vietnam the first global center for textiles and garments, applying high technology according to US and EU standards with a project scale of up to 1 billion USD.

In the coming time, Mr. DC Lim - Head of Corporate Banking, UOB Bank believes that FDI capital flows into Vietnam will continue to be strong with a positive general trend. Vietnam is on the right track, focusing on high-tech industries, research and development (R&D), as well as areas with intellectual property value. These are positive signals towards sustainable and long-term growth.

Many existing FDI enterprises are continuing to expand their scale, improve production capacity and domestic value chains.

Improve “soft infrastructure” to break through

However, the Foreign Investment Agency pays special attention to the new US reciprocal tax policy imposed on some key export products from Vietnam. This may create pressure on foreign-invested enterprises with supply chains linked to the US market, changing their investment strategy calculations in the future.

In addition, many experts emphasize that bottlenecks in logistics infrastructure, energy, land law and tax policies are still barriers that many FDI enterprises encounter when implementing projects in Vietnam. Vietnam is entering the FDI race with stricter criteria on quality and long-term vision. International investors today are particularly interested in political stability, a transparent policy system and clear incentives, along with a friendly and effective management apparatus.

However, Minister Nguyen Van Thang affirmed that this is also an opportunity and motivation for Vietnam to focus on restructuring the market, production and export, and attracting high-quality FDI.

To maintain its attractiveness and rise in competition with other countries in the region, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) believes that Vietnam needs to attract more FDI into infrastructure in the coming time, in addition to the manufacturing and real estate sectors... to diversify investment capital flows. Mr. Shantanu Chakraborty - ADB Country Director in Vietnam suggested that in addition to investing in hard infrastructure, Vietnam also needs to improve soft infrastructure from planning, investment procedures, to the environment for sustainable industrial production development.

To increase FDI attraction, the Ministry of Finance has proposed a series of solutions and recommendations. In addition, it is necessary to promote the role of working groups, accompany, support, and quickly resolve investment procedures for large FDI projects to speed up progress. Along with that, build an effective mechanism to selectively attract FDI, focusing on large-scale, high-tech projects; build a "National Investment One-Stop Portal" to be completed in August 2025 and a "Provincial Investment One-Stop Portal" after the provincial restructuring...

In addition, the newly amended investment law, which took effect at the beginning of this year, has special provisions, which can be called a “green channel”. In particular, investment in the high-tech sector is given special priority, “overcoming barriers”; production of high-tech products is encouraged to develop to the maximum. In addition, with the Investment Support Fund being implemented from 2025, Vietnam will certainly continue to be an attractive destination for foreign investors, especially strategic investors, Ms. Phi Huong Nga, Head of the Department of Industrial and Construction Statistics, General Statistics Office of the Ministry of Finance, affirmed.

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