Foreign investment in Vietnam surges in five months

Economy - Investment

Foreign investment in Vietnam reached nearly 18.4 billion USD in the first five months of 2025, a 51% increase year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

Customs revenue from import-export activities rises 9.2% in five months

Economy - Investment

The Department of Customs reported that state budget revenues from import-export activities in the first five months of 2025 reached 182.51 trillion VND (6.99 billion USD), equivalent to 44.4% of the assigned estimate and increasing 9.2% year-on-year.

Reforming administrative procedure, creating a lever for economic growth

Economy - Investment

On February 19th, 2025, at the 9th Extraordinary Session, the National Assembly passed Resolution 192/2025/QH15 on supplementing the 2025 Socio-Economic Development Plan with a growth target of 8% or higher. Achieving this target is a challenge for many localities. However, with decent solutions associated with effective implementation of administrative procedure reform, it will contribute to completing the set target.

Public investment disbursement estimated at 7.65 billion USD in five months

Economy - Investment

Vietnam’s public investment efforts are gaining significant results, with total capital disbursed from the beginning of 2025 through May 31 estimated at 199.33 trillion VND (7.65 billion USD), according to a new report from the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch on urgent measures to guarantee sufficient electricity supply during the peak months of 2025 and beyond.

On June 5, the ‘Green and low-emission Vietnamese rice’ trademark will officially enter the export market. The first shipment, bound for Japan, is seen as a significant breakthrough for the rice industry.

Implementing the policy of transforming the crop structure, many localities in the province have formed concentrated fruit growing areas on a large scale, yielding harvests and bringing about high economic efficiency.

Vietnam shipped 6.28 billion USD worth of agro-forestry-fishery products abroad in May, propelling the cumulative total for the first five months of the year to 28.04 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 19.6% and 15.1%, respectively, heard a press conference in Hanoi on June 3.