Gia Lai showcased its investment potential in Shanghai, Suzhou and Ningbo as it looked to attract high-value Chinese investment.

HCM City is home to 20,259 FDI projects with total registered capital of nearly 142 billion USD from 152 countries and territories. In the first half of 2026, the city attracted more than 6.8 billion USD, fulfilling 62% of its annual target.

Experts at the Vietnam Industrial Park Summit 2026 called for a fundamental overhaul of the country's industrial park model to support long-term industrial growth.

Vietnam's industrial parks are being urged to adopt AI, data-driven management and green technologies to strengthen their appeal to multinational manufacturers.

Resolution 10 marks a new phase in Vietnam's FDI strategy, emphasizing technology transfer, local supply chains and stronger links between foreign investors and domestic firms.

Instead of concentrating mainly on attracting foreign capital, Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW emphasises building a foreign-invested sector that is closely integrated with the domestic sector to create new growth drivers for the country.

Vietnam is entering a new phase in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) with a double challenge - securing larger capital inflows while ensuring that new projects deliver higher technological value.

According to the Department of Finance, as of May 31, the city had nearly 21,000 active FDI projects worth over 143.3 billion USD, remaining Vietnam’s leading FDI destination. In the first half of 2026, FDI reached over 6.8 billion USD.

Vietnam attracted 34.65 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first six months of 2026, while disbursed FDI reached its highest first-half level in five years, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

Strong manufacturing investment helped Vietnam attract $34.65 billion in FDI during the first half of 2026, led by Thai Nguyen and Singaporean investors.

For many years, FDI has been a major advantage for Vietnam. But in the new phase, FDI cannot merely be an advantage in terms of capital, jobs, and exports. The country needs to transform FDI into enhancing the capability of Vietnamese businesses.

Vietnam's decades-long growth model delivered remarkable success. But as global competition changes, the country now faces a more fundamental challenge - creating its own competitive advantage.

For nearly 45 years of Doi Moi (Renovation), Vietnam has progressed thanks to advantages such as a young workforce, competitive costs, FDI inflows, and an open international integration environment.

VN is recalibrating its FDI attraction strategy towards higher quality & greater efficiency, shifting from a focus on attracting capital to effectively leveraging int'l resources in combination with domestic strengths to drive new growth momentum.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on June 30 emphasised the need for a fundamental shift in Vietnam’s approach to foreign investment.

Representatives from localities and FDI firms on June 30 put forward measures to attract high-quality investment and develop Vietnam’s capital market at a national conference in Hanoi.

Resolution 10 on the development of foreign-invested economic sector, recently promulgated by the Politburo, sets a highly ambitious target: attracting $200–300 billion in FDI capital in 2026–2030.

The Politburo has issued Resolution 10-NQ/TW, a document that promises to rewire the way Vietnam courts and controls foreign capital.

The Foreign Investment Agency reported that total registered FDI neared 25 billion USD in the first five months of this year, a jump of almost 35% from a year earlier, with new project registrations driving the bulk of the expansion.