Vietnamese businesses invest in 43 overseas ventures

May 08, 2025 | 15:29

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Vietnamese businesses have invested in 43 overseas ventures in the first four months of 2025, indicating the growing trend of Vietnamese outbound investment.

Vietnamese businesses invest in 43 overseas ventures

According to data from the Ministry of Finance, these 43 projects have been granted investment licences overseas with a total investment of $269.2 million, 2.7 times higher than the same period last year. At the same time, 12 existing projects have adjusted their investment capital with an additional $40.1 million, 69 times higher on-year.

Overall, Vietnamese outbound investments reached $309.3 million in the first four months of this year, nearly tripling from the previous year.

Among them, the production and distribution of electricity, gas, hot water, steam, and air conditioning took the lead with $111.2 million, accounting for 36 per cent of the total. The processing and manufacturing industry came second with $65.5 million, making up 21.2 per cent. Transport and warehousing ranked third with $50.5 million, representing 16.3 per cent.

In the first four months of 2025, there are 24 countries and regions that received investments from Vietnam. Laos was the leading recipient with $140.6 million, representing 45.5 per cent of the total. Indonesia followed closely with $59.1 million, or 19.1 per cent. The Philippines and Japan came closely behind with $26 million and $21 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, inbound investments have continued to grow in Vietnam. In the four months of 2025, the country lured $13.82 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI), up 39.9 per cent on-year. Disbursed FDI also reached about $6.74 billion in the given period, up 7.3 per cent on-year.

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By Thanh Van

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