Right after the Lunar New Year holiday, ministries, sectors and localities focused on implementing work and speeding up the progress of investment projects funded by the State budget. (Illustration photo: Vietnam+)
On March 6, the General Statistics Office said that investment activities in the first two months of 2025 showed an upturn in the economy with impressive growth in public investment capital, realized FDI capital reaching the highest level in the past 5 years and Vietnam's investment abroad increasing dramatically.
According to the General Statistics Office, right after the Lunar New Year holiday, ministries, branches and localities focused on implementing work, speeding up the progress of investment projects from the State budget, especially transitional projects.
In February, investment capital from the State budget was estimated at VND37.9 trillion, up 36.5% over the same period last year. Of which, capital managed by the Central Government reached VND5.5 trillion, up 20.1%; capital managed by local authorities was VND32.4 trillion, up 39.8%.
In the first two months of the year, investment capital from the State budget is estimated to reach 8.5% of the yearly plan, up 21.7% over the same period last year.
Specifically, the investment capital implemented under the central management is estimated at 10.2 trillion VND, equal to 7.8% of the annual plan and up 8.6% over the same period last year. Ministries and sectors with large investment capital include: Ministry of Transport (5.9 trillion VND), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (1.5 trillion VND), Ministry of Health (329.3 billion VND)...
The investment capital managed by localities is estimated at nearly 63 trillion VND, equal to 8.6% of the annual plan and up 24.2% over the same period last year. Of which, the provincial-level State budget capital reached 41.1 trillion VND, the district-level State budget capital reached 18.9 trillion VND and the commune-level State budget capital reached nearly 3 trillion VND.
Notably, foreign direct investment (FDI) realized in Vietnam in the first two months of the year is estimated at 2.95 billion USD, up 5.4% over the same period last year. This is the highest realized FDI capital in the first two months of the year in the past 5 years.
In addition, the total foreign investment capital registered in Vietnam in the first two months of the year reached nearly 6.90 billion USD, up 35.5% over the same period last year, including newly registered capital, adjusted registered capital and capital contribution and share purchase value of foreign investors.
Of which, 516 newly registered projects were licensed with a registered capital of 2.19 billion USD, an increase of 10% over the same period last year in terms of number of projects but a decrease of 48.4% in terms of registered capital. The processing and manufacturing industry attracted the most FDI capital with 1.45 billion USD, accounting for 66.1% of the total newly registered capital.
In terms of registered capital adjustment, 256 projects licensed in previous years registered to adjust their investment capital by an additional 4.18 billion USD, 6 times higher than the same period last year. In terms of registered capital contribution and share purchase by foreign investors, there were 553 times with a total capital contribution value of 529.8 million USD, an increase of 88.8% compared to the same period last year.
Among 44 countries and territories with newly licensed investment projects in Vietnam in the first two months of 2025, China is the largest investor with 679.8 million USD, accounting for 31.0% of the total newly registered capital.
In addition, Vietnam's overseas investment in the first two months of 2025 had 30 projects newly granted investment certificates with a total capital of 233.6 million USD from the Vietnamese side, 9.4 times higher than the same period last year. The whole country had 5 projects adjusting capital with an increased adjusted capital of 5.4 million USD, 24.3 times higher.
In total, Vietnam's total investment capital abroad (newly granted and adjusted capital) was nearly 239 million USD, 9.5 times higher than the same period last year. The main investment sectors include production and distribution of electricity, gas, hot water, steam and air conditioning (111.2 million USD), processing and manufacturing industry (65.6 million USD) and mining (41 million USD).
In the first two months of 2025, 22 countries and territories received investment from Vietnam, of which Laos was the leading country with 139.7 million USD, accounting for 58.4% of total investment capital./.
(Vietnam+)
Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/von-dau-tu-cong-tang-manh-fdi-dat-ky-luc-trong-thang-hai-post1019041.vnp
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