Foreign financiers registered US$5.59 billion across 1,204 new projects, down 23.8% in capital but up 14.1% in project numbers.
Meanwhile, 540 projects had their capital adjusted with the total amount reaching US$6.4 billion, 3.9 times higher than last year.
The remainder came in the form of capital contributions and share purchases made by foreign investors with 1,106 transactions worth US$1.83 billion, rising twice from the same four-month period in 2024.
Singapore topped the list of 60 countries investing in Vietnam in the reviewed period, injecting roughly US$1.6 billion. It was followed by China with US$1.52 billion and Japan with US$573.2 million.
Throughout the four-month period, around US$6.74 billion worth of FDI was disbursed, up 7.3% from last year.
In another development, overseas Vietnamese investment capital in the past four months reached nearly US$309.3 million, representing a 3.1-fold rise year on year.
Of this figure, US$269.2 million was registered for 43 new projects, a figure 2.7 times higher than the same period last year, while US$40.1 million was added to 12 existing projects, representing 69.1-fold rise.
The majority of overseas investment was channeled into the production and distribution of electricity, gas, hot water, steam, and air conditioning with US$111.2 million, or one third of the total.
Among the leading recipients of Vietnamese investment, Laos topped the list with US$140.6 million. It was followed by Indonesia (US$59.1 million), the Philippines (U$34.3 million), Japan (US$26.1 million), and the British Virgin Islands (US$21 million).
