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World Investment Report 2021

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Country Fact Sheet: Viet Nam

Foreign direct investment (FDI) overview, selected years
(Millions of dollars and per cent)

As a percentage of gross capital formation

2019-2020
FDI flows 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Growth rate 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
%
Viet Nam
Inward 12 600 14 100 15 500 16 120 15 800 -2.0 19.0 19.3 19.4 18.4 17.5
Outward 1 000 480 598 465 380 -18.3 1.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.4

Memorandum

China
Inward 133 711 136 315 138 305 141 225 149 342 5.7 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3
Outward 196 149 158 290 143 037 136 905 132 940 -2.9 4.1 3.0 2.4 2.2 2.1
Thailand
Inward 2 491 7 875 11 144 3 063 -6 100 - 2.9 7.5 8.7 2.4 -5.1
Outward 12 398 13 807 15 326 8 391 16 716 99.2 14.2 13.2 12.0 6.5 14.0
South-East Asia
Inward 113 741 154 607 145 909 181 047 135 945 -24.9 15.2 18.9 16.5 20.1 16.9
Outward 48 491 88 762 52 020 72 469 61 111 -15.7 6.8 11.3 6.1 8.3 8.0
Asia and Oceania
Inward 471 784 505 990 497 052 515 767 535 203 3.8 6.1 5.8 5.2 5.3 5.5
Outward 397 684 430 572 392 579 364 687 389 019 6.7 5.0 5.0 4.1 3.7 4.0
Developing economies*
Inward 653 885 702 495 692 480 723 385 662 562 -8.4 7.1 6.9 6.2 6.4 6.0
Outward 417 562 478 816 402 530 416 620 387 069 -7.1 4.5 4.7 3.6 3.7 3.5
World*
Inward 2 065 238 1 660 972 1 416 565 1 493 924 993 398 -33.5 10.8 8.0 6.3 6.5 4.5
Outward 1 616 138 1 604 696 907 721 1 155 476 881 981 -23.7 8.4 7.8 4.0 5.1 4.0

As a percentage of gross domestic product

FDI Stock 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2019-2020 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Growth rate
%
Viet Nam

Inward 115 391 129 491 144 991 161 111 176 911 9.8 45.8 46.7 47.7 48.9 51.9
Outward 9 590 10 070 10 668 11 133 11 513 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4

Memorandum
China
Inward 1 353 641 1 489 956 1 628 261 1 769 486 1 918 828 8.4 12.1 12.1 11.8 12.3 13.0
Outward 1 357 390 1 809 040 1 982 266 2 198 881 2 351 800 7.0 12.1 14.7 14.3 15.3 16.0
Thailand
Inward 190 888 223 114 228 573 259 830 271 827 4.6 46.2 48.9 45.1 47.7 54.2
Outward 86 848 109 562 121 182 134 022 155 602 16.1 21.0 24.0 23.9 24.6 31.0
South-East Asia
Inward 1 947 957 2 345 925 2 463 871 2 755 778 2 913 722 5.7 73.6 82.2 80.5 85.1 94.5
Outward 1 157 028 1 405 973 1 394 234 1 510 232 1 671 334 10.7 45.0 50.6 46.8 47.8 55.9
Asia and Oceania
Inward 6 409 471 7 435 960 7 701 958 8 145 119 8 593 334 5.5 28.8 30.6 29.1 29.8 31.7
Outward 5 173 216 6 255 625 6 584 265 7 022 093 7 577 230 7.9 23.4 25.9 25.1 25.9 28.2
Developing economies*
Inward 9 063 953 10 354 872 10 622 564 11 346 872 11 803 928 4.0 30.7 32.4 31.1 32.5 35.0
Outward 6 037 561 7 305 862 7 566 763 8 041 197 8 674 871 7.9 20.8 23.3 22.6 23.4 26.2
World*
Inward 28 466 254 33 162 200 32 784 110 36 377 437 41 354 249 13.7 37.4 41.1 38.2 41.7 49.0
Outward 27 839 053 32 851 106 31 218 577 34 350 816 39 247 013 14.3 36.9 41.0 36.6 39.6 46.8
 Cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) overview, 2017–2020
(Millions of dollars)
Sales (net) Purchases (net)

Region/economy 2017 2018 2019 2020 2019-2020 2017 2018 2019 2020 2019-2020
Growth rate Growth rate
% %
Viet Nam 664 825 1 453 767 -47.2 27 69 155 - -

Memorandum
China 8 255 7 646 9 760 19 217 96.9 130 876 57 397 17 472 32 114 83.8
Thailand - 22 - 930 - 315 -9 826 - 2 692 3 623 5 141 6 581 28.0
South-East Asia 16 741 17 311 9 822 -4 666 - 16 388 10 512 -4 109 23 877 -
Asia and Oceania 79 363 83 547 52 975 73 238 38.2 193 909 89 263 47 270 78 340 65.7
Developing economies* 112 350 124 265 82 436 84 380 2.4 201 302 96 383 19 833 76 644 286.5

World* 693 962 815 726 507 396 474 864 -6.4 693 962 815 726 507 396 474 864 -6.4

Announced greenfield investment project overview, 2017–2020

(Millions of dollars)

As destination As source

Region/economy 2017 2018 2019 2020 2019-2020 2017 2018 2019 2020 2019-2020
Growth rate Growth rate
% %
Viet Nam 21 308 29 028 31 032 10 850 -65.0 1 277 1 007 372 218 -41.5

Memorandum
China 54 180 111 464 61 999 31 983 -48.4 48 819 75 376 62 443 46 359 -25.8
Thailand 5 145 7 186 4 646 1 983 -57.3 3 190 14 843 9 998 1 958 -80.4
South-East Asia 68 381 120 359 81 995 68 255 -16.8 24 933 59 884 57 947 20 877 -64.0
Asia and Oceania 210 314 398 695 265 194 169 743 -36.0 178 737 294 120 241 752 129 566 -46.4
Developing economies* 363 052 554 319 454 145 255 280 -43.8 191 615 321 879 272 261 143 618 -47.2
World* 699 077 982 455 845 921 563 857 -33.3 699 077 982 455 845 921 563 857 -33.3

Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2021 (https://unctad.org/wir or https://unctad.org/fdistatistics).

*Excluding Caribbean offshore financial centres.

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The sources for all this information are the World Investment Report 2021 and UNCTAD FDI/MNE database.
This database can be found at:
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