The Ministry of Finance has proposed scrapping the current overseas investment registration certificates to ease capital outflows, suggesting a simplified foreign exchange management mechanism in their place.

Overseas investment by Vietnamese firms in the first half of 2025 surged more than 3.5 times, reaching over US$487 million, the Ministry of Finance's Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) reported.

Vietnamese enterprises pumped more than US$136 million of total investment into new projects and to supplement capital in ventures abroad in the first five months, equivalent to 43% of the figure seen in the same period last year.

VOV.VN - Local businesses invested in 17 new projects abroad over the first two months of the year with a total registered capital of US$25 million, equivalent to 21.7% over the same period from last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's outbound investment reached US$416.8 million over the past nine months, a rise of 4.6% compared to the same period from last year, as reported by the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s outbound investment during the opening eight months of the year surged by 5.2% to reach more than US$416 million against the same period from last year, according to details given by the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s outbound investment in the first quarter of the year reached nearly US$119.5 million, equivalent to 56.5% compared to the same period last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s outbound investment, including both newly-registered and adjusted capital, exceeded US$474.1 million during the past 11 months, equivalent to approximately 70% of the figure recorded in the corresponding period last year, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnam’s outbound investment, including both newly-registered and adjusted capital, exceeded US$450 million in the first 10 months of this year, equivalent to nearly 70% of the figure recorded in the same period last year.

Vietnamese enterprises pumped nearly US$340 million of total investment into new and supplemental capital ventures abroad in the first five months, down 38% year-on-year, the latest report by the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) revealed.