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So far in October, the Southeast Asian country has received foreign investment commitments worth US$5.3 billion, against a monthly average of US$2.2 billion in the rest of the year.
Around 90% of the October inflows were driven by plans to build factories, according to the data from Vietnam’s investment ministry.
Since the start of the year, the country has received foreign investment commitments worth US$25.76 billion, 14.7% higher than in the same period last year.
Three-quarters of them went to the manufacturing and processing industry.
Pledges from China and Hong Kong combined were the highest so far this year, followed by Singapore and South Korea.
The actual investment in the first ten months of 2023 rose 2.4% from the same period a year earlier to US$18 billion, the data showed.
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