Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang encouraged Amazon to continue expanding its investment in Vietnam, organising training programmes, and transferring technology to help improve the quality of Vietnamese human resources in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, big data analytics, and digital infrastructure management.
By end-January, the number of securities trading accounts of domestic investors had reached 12,066,115, including 12,046,814 of individual investors and 19,301 of institutional investors.
Foreign investors bought a net 531.3 million USD worth of Thai stocks on February 9, the highest level since February 2022. This inflow helped push the benchmark index up 3.5% on the same day, making it the best performer in Southeast Asia.
Economists said that the continued growth in realised FDI reflects foreign investors’ sustained implementation and expansion of production and business activities in Vietnam. This is seen as an encouraging signal, underscoring investors’ confidence in Vietnam’s business environment and economic prospects.
The move is intended to facilitate foreign investor participation, ensure Vietnamese equities are included in FTSE Russell’s emerging market index as scheduled by September, and increase the proportion of Vietnamese stocks in FTSE’s index basket.
Experts believe that licensing Vietnam’s first crypto asset exchange will serve as a crucial catalyst for attracting foreign capital in a more formal and effective way.
Looking ahead to 2026, prospects remain bright as manufacturing, economic growth and foreign investment in Vietnam are expected to stay robust, with the country forecast to post the highest growth rate in the region this year, according to Adam Sitkoff, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Vietnam.
With a confirmed upgrade and strong macroeconomic fundamentals, there is optimism that foreign capital flow in Vietnam's stock market will soon reverse in the following period.
The State Securities Commission (SSC) has been meeting frequently with foreign investors and international financial institutions to gather feedback and adjust policies accordingly.
Vietnam attracted 33.69 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of 2025, with manufacturing and processing continuing to draw the strongest interest from foreign investors.
A recent FTSE report suggests that Vietnam will represent 0.04% of the FTSE Global All Cap index, 0.02% of the FTSE All-World index, 0.34% of the FTSE Emerging All Cap index and 0.22% of the FTSE Emerging Index.
Despite global headwinds and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hanoi has remained a magnet for foreign direct investment (FDI) throughout 2020–2025, solidifying its role as one of Vietnam’s most dynamic growth centres.
Reaffirming Vietnam’s commitment to foreign investors, Finance Minister Nguyen Van Thang said government policies always aim to ensure transparency, fairness and a mutually beneficial environment that promotes innovation and safeguards investor rights, making Vietnam a sustainable and long-term investment destination.
Vietnam’s real estate sector is increasingly attracting foreign investors through mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with cooperative and “friendly” deals emerging as the prevailing trend.
Vietnam’s strategic geographical location, coupled with its improving infrastructure and pro-business policies, further enhances its appeal to foreign investors, according to an article posted on thailandbusinessnews.com.
In recent years, Da Nang has streamlined administrative procedures, launched a transparent digital platform for investors, upgraded transport, logistics, seaport, and airport infrastructure, and developed a startup and innovation ecosystem. Preferential policies and flexible cooperation mechanisms have also helped attract both domestic and foreign investors.
Foreign investors represented 4.27% of overall market transactions, with a net purchase value of 298 billion VND.
In the first seven months of the year, Phu Tho attracted an impressive 651.7 million USD in foreign direct investment, including 35 newly licensed projects totaling 119 million USD in registered capital and 45 existing projects with an additional capital of 533 million USD.
Singapore led with a total of 8.8 billion USD in realised investment, followed by Hong Kong and mainland China, Malaysia, and Japan with 8 billion USD, 1.7 billion USD and 1.6 billion USD, respectively.
After months of subdued activity, foreign investors accelerated their disbursements, net buying more than 8.5 trillion VND (325 million USD) across all exchanges. This marks the highest level of net buying from foreign investors since early 2023, signalling a renewed confidence in the market.