(MPI) - Vietnam’s overseas investment reached 83 million USD in January 2025, 5.1 times higher than the 2024 figure.

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Vietnamese businesses pumped over 83 million USD into 10 new projects abroad in the first month of the year with no project having capital adjustment, 5.1 times higher in value than the 2024 figure.

Vietnamese investors channeled capital into 5 sectors abroad, with most of the capital poured into processing and manufacturing industry (accounting for 74.2% of total investment, while there were no projects in this industry in the same period) and mining (22.5% of the total, 4.7 times higher year-on-year). The rest were construction, professional services and science-technology and information and technology.

Vietnamese investments spread across 8 countries and territories in January, with Philippines emerging as the top destination, generating 39.4% of the total, and followed by Indonesia with 37.4% of the total; (meanwhile these two countries did not receive investment from Vietnam in the previous period). Laos ranked third, attracting 22.3% of investments, representing a 4.4-time increase of year on year.

As of the end of January 2025, Vietnam's cumulative overseas investment included 1,839 valid projects with total capital exceeding 22.68 billion USD. Vietnamese investors have invested in 18 out of 21 industries, with capital concentrating on mining (over 7 billion USD or 31% of the total), agriculture, forestry and fishery (nearly 3.4 billion USD or 15%), and information and communications (more than 2.84 billion USD or 13%).

The biggest destinations from Vietnam were Laos (nearly 5.7 billion USD of 25% of total investments); Cambodia (about 2.94 billion USD, equalling 13%); and Venezuela (1.83 billion USD or 8%)./.

Bao Linh

Ministry of Planning and Invesment