According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, as of September 20, 2022, there was 18.7 billion USD of total newly registered capital, adjusted capital, and contributed capital to buy shares as well as contributed capital portions invested in Vietnam by foreign investors, equivalent to 84.7% over the same period in 2021 and down 3 percentage points compared to 8 months. Although newly registered investment capital decreased, both adjusted investment capital and contributed capital for share purchase continued to increase over the same period.
Foreign investors have invested in 53 provinces and cities across Vietnam in the first nine months of 2022. Ho Chi Minh City leads the way with a total registered investment capital of over 2.96 billion USD, accounting for 15.8% of the total registered investment capital and increased by 26.2% over the same period in 2021. Binh Duong province ranked second with a total investment capital of over 2.7 billion USD, accounting for 14.4% of total capital, an increase of over 58% over the same period in 2021. Bac Ninh ranked third with a total registered investment capital of nearly 1.78 billion USD, accounting for 9.5% of total capital and increasing 2.1 times over the same period in 2021.
Foreign investors still focus on investing heavily in big cities with convenient infrastructure such as Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. In which, Ho Chi Minh City leads in the number of new projects (41.8%), the number of capital contributions for shares purchase (66.6%), and ranks second, after Hanoi (18.4%) on the number of adjusted capital projects (14.8%).
Structure of foreign investment in the first 9 months of 2022 by month and by investment capital composition:
Specifically, there were 1,355 new projects granted Investment Registration Certificate (up 11.8% over the same period), the total registered capital reached 7.12 billion USD (down 43% over the same period last year); There were 769 times of projects registered to adjust investment capital (up 13.4% over the same period), the total additional registered capital reached over 8.3 billion USD (up 29.9% over the same period); There were 2,697 times of capital contribution for shares purchase from foreign investors (down 4.7% over the same period), the total value of contributed capital reached over 3.28 billion USD (up 1.9% over the same period).
Foreign investors have invested in 18 sectors out of a total of 21 national economic sectors of Vietnam. The processing and manufacturing industry continued to lead with a total investment of over 12.1 billion USD, accounting for 64.6% of the total registered investment capital. Real estate business ranked second with total investment capital of over 3.5 billion USD, accounting for 18.7% of total registered investment capital. Science and technology, wholesale and retail industries followed respectively with registered capital of 676.9 million USD and 617.9 million USD.
In the first 9 months of 2022, 97 countries and territories have invested in Vietnam. In which, Singapore leads with a total investment of over 4.75 billion USD, accounting for 25.3% of total investment capital in Vietnam, down 24.3% over the same period in 2021. South Korea ranked second with over 3.8 billion USD, accounting for 20.3% of total investment capital, down 2.38% over the same period. Japan ranked third with a total registered investment capital of over 1.9 billion USD, accounting for 10.2% of total investment capital.
Korea is still a partner with many investors interested in Vietnam and makes new investment decisions as well as expands investment projects and contributes the most capital for shares purchase in the first 9 months of 2022 (accounting for 21 4% of new projects, 36% of adjustments and 35% of capital contribution for share purchase).