As of July 20, 2022, the total newly registered capital, adjusted and contributed capital to buy shares and buy contributed capital of foreign investors reached over 15.41 billion USD, equivalent to 92.9% over the same period in 2021. Although newly registered capital has not fully recovered after the interruption of anti-pandemic measures in 2021, adjusted capital, capital contribution and share purchases have continued to increase sharply at 59.3% and 25.7% respectively. 

Foreign investors poured funds into 18/21 sectors in the national economic classification system, of which the processing and manufacturing industry continued to lead with a total investment of over 10 billion USD, accounting for nearly 64.3% of the total registered investment capital. The real estate sector ranked second with a total investment capital of more than 3.21 billion USD, accounting for 20.7% of total registered investment capital. Next came information and communication industries; scientific and technological activities with total registered capital of nearly 526.2 million USD and 465 million USD respectively.

There were 88 countries and territories invested in Vietnam in the first seven months of this year. Among which, Singapore led with a total investment capital of more than 4.3 billion USD, accounting for 27.7% of total investment capital in Vietnam (a year-on-year decline of 27.3%). The Republic of Korea ranked second with over 3.26 billion USD, accounting for nearly 21% of total investment capital (a year-on-year increase of 48.2%). With a large-scale Lego project worth over 1.3 billion USD of total investment capital, Denmark ranked third with a total registered investment capital of approximately 1.32 billion USD, accounting for 8.55% of total investment capital. Next were China, Japan, Hong Kong and so on.

Export turnover of the foreign investment sector continued to increase in the first seven months of 2022, higher than the increase rate in the first six months. Export (including crude oil) was estimated at over 160.36 billion USD, an increase of 16.5% compared to the same period last year, accounting for 73.7% of export turnover. Export (excluding crude oil) was nearly 158.9 billion USD, an increase of 16.2% over the same period, accounting for 73% of the country’s export turnover. Imports of foreign investment sector attained over 140.73 billion USD, up 14.7% compared to the same period and accounting for 64.7% of the country’s import turnover

In the first seven months of 2022, the FDI sector saw a trade surplus of over 19.64 billion USD including crude oil and 18.17 billion USD excluding crude oil, while the domestic sector had a trade surplus about 19.4 billion USD.