Viet Nam's foreign direct investment, net (current US$, BoP) was −US$21.29 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 98.97% from −US$10.7 billion in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | −US$21.29 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | −US$15.42 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | −US$10.7 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | −US$1.3 billion | 2000 |
| Lowest | −US$21.29 billion | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | −US$16.27 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | −US$2.4 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Viet Nam's foreign direct investment, net (current US$, BoP) fell US$1.72 billion on 2024 (from −US$19.57 billion to −US$21.29 billion).
Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1997 to 2024), the average change was −US$613.39 million and a typical year strayed about US$1.5 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$2.38 billion in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was US$4.82 billion in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$929.05 million a year. A straight line explains 85% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about −US$23.85 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$1.12 billion, against US$5.08 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Viet Nam had the 131st highest value of the 136 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Viet Nam in the 2025 ranking
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 128th of 136: −US$14.76 billion
- Russian Federation — 129th of 136: −US$16.59 billion
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 130th of 136: −US$21.13 billion
- United Kingdom — 132nd of 136: −US$28.16 billion
- Mexico — 133rd of 136: −US$31.6 billion
- Australia — 134th of 136: −US$44.19 billion
What this measures
Foreign direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence on the management of an enterprise that is resident in another economy. Ownership of 10 percent or more of the voting power is evidence of a direct investment relationship. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
All 30 values
| Year | Foreign direct investment, net (current US$, BoP) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -21,290,000,000 |
| 2024 | -19,570,000,000 |
| 2023 | -20,050,000,000 |
| 2022 | -15,226,000,000 |
| 2021 | -15,341,000,000 |
| 2020 | -15,420,000,000 |
| 2019 | -15,635,000,000 |
| 2018 | -14,902,000,000 |
| 2017 | -13,620,000,000 |
| 2016 | -11,600,000,000 |
Foreign direct investment, net (current US$, BoP) in nearby economies
- Australia — −US$44.19 billion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — −US$157.23 million (2025)
- Cambodia — −US$4.96 billion (2025)
- China — US$77.23 billion (2025)
- Fiji — −US$178.04 million (2024)
- French Polynesia — −US$37.32 million (2016)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — −US$21.13 billion (2025)
- Indonesia — −US$14.55 billion (2025)
- Japan — US$171.95 billion (2025)
- Kiribati
More economic policy & debt data for Viet Nam
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$525.67 million (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$205.14 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Japan (current US$) — US$149.31 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$686.74 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$) — US$831.19 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received (constant 2023 US$) — US$831.19 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (current US$) — US$831.19 million (2023)
- Net official development assistance received (constant 2023 US$)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Viet Nam's foreign direct investment, net (current US$, BoP)?
- −US$21.29 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1996?
- It is down 788.94% from −US$2.4 billion in 1996. The highest value was −US$1.3 billion in 2000 and the lowest −US$21.29 billion in 2025.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator BN.KLT.DINV.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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