This represents an 11.3% increase compared with the same period last year. It is also the highest January disbursement recorded over the past five years.

Of the 1.68 billion USD in realized FDI, the processing and manufacturing sector accounted for 1.39 billion USD, representing 82.5% of the total.

Real estate business activities attracted 110.2 million USD, equivalent to 6.6%. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply drew 66.6 million USD, or 4.0%.

The continued growth in FDI disbursement indicates that Vietnam’s investment environment remains conducive for foreign investors to promptly implement projects.

However, total registered FDI as of January 31, 2026 - including newly registered capital, adjusted capital and capital contributions or share purchases by foreign investors - reached 2.58 billion USD. This marked a decline of 40.6% year-on-year.

In terms of newly registered capital, 349 projects were licensed with total registered capital of 1.49 billion USD.

This was up 23.8% in the number of projects and 15.7% in registered capital compared with the same period last year.

Processing and manufacturing again led newly licensed projects with 1.05 billion USD, accounting for 70.8% of total newly registered capital. Real estate business followed with 243.2 million USD, representing 16.3%. The remaining sectors accounted for 191.4 million USD, or 12.9%.

Among 35 countries and territories with newly licensed investment projects in Vietnam in January 2026, Singapore was the largest investor with 906.1 million USD, accounting for 60.9% of total newly registered capital.

China ranked second with 169.6 million USD, or 11.4%.
Japan followed with 140.8 million USD, representing 9.5%.
The US contributed 85.5 million USD, or 5.7%.
Hong Kong (China) registered 66.1 million USD, accounting for 4.4%.
South Korea invested 48.3 million USD, equivalent to 3.2%.
The Netherlands contributed 32.3 million USD, or 2.2%.

Regarding adjusted capital, 91 previously licensed projects registered additional capital totaling 888.5 million USD.

This figure declined 67.4% year-on-year. If combining newly registered and adjusted capital of previously licensed projects, total registered FDI in processing and manufacturing reached 1.88 billion USD, accounting for 79.2% of the combined total.

Real estate business recorded 245.5 million USD, representing 10.3%. Other sectors attracted 248.3 million USD, or 10.5%.

Capital contributions and share purchases by foreign investors totaled 198.4 million USD across 265 transactions, down 38.6% year-on-year.

Of these, 78 transactions increased charter capital with a value of 67.0 million USD.

Meanwhile, 187 transactions involved foreign investors acquiring domestic shares without increasing charter capital, amounting to 131.4 million USD.

In terms of sectoral distribution for capital contributions and share purchases, processing and manufacturing attracted 81.2 million USD, accounting for 40.9% of the total value.

Professional, scientific and technological activities received 45.7 million USD, or 23.1%. The remaining sectors accounted for 71.4 million USD, equivalent to 36.0%.

Nha Trang