Electronics exports surpass 107 billion USD in 2025

With an export turnover of 107.75 billion USD in 2025, computers, electronic products and components not only maintained their position as Vietnam’s largest export by value, but also contributed more than half of the overall increase in the country’s export turnover in 2025.

Workers assemble mobile phone components at Diem Thuy Industrial Park in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. (Photo: VNA)
Workers assemble mobile phone components at Diem Thuy Industrial Park in the northern province of Thai Nguyen. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam's exports of computers, electronic products and components fetched 10.74 billion USD in December, lifting the total value for the whole of 2025 to 107.75 billion USD, according to Vietnam Customs.

The figure accounted for around 23% of the country’s total export turnover and represented a sharp year-on-year increase of 48.4%, equivalent to a rise of 35.15 billion USD.

With this performance, computers, electronic products and components not only maintained their position as Vietnam’s largest export by value, but also contributed more than half of the overall increase in the country’s export turnover in 2025. Exports of this group to the US were valued at 42.09 billion USD, up 81.4% from the previous year. Shipments to China stood at 16.89 billion USD, an increase of 33.6% year on year.

The customs authority also reported that Vietnam’s total merchandise exports in December amounted to 44.05 billion USD, up 12.6% from the previous month. This marked the first time the country’s monthly export value had exceeded the 44 billion USD threshold.

Several exports recorded new monthly highs in December, including textiles and garments at 3.65 billion USD, wood and wood products at 1.66 billion USD, and footwear of all kinds at 2.2 billion USD.

Of the 45 major export groups, 40 posted month-on-month growth in December. Of them, seven saw particularly strong increases of more than 30%, including other ores and minerals (up 90.3%), coffee (86.8%), rattan, bamboo and rush products (43.5%), cassava and cassava products (42.6%), coal (40.4%), rice (30.8%) and chemical products (30.5%). By contrast, exports of precious stones, precious metals and related products fell by 15.9% compared with the previous month./.

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