Import-export turnover up 28.7%
Vietnam’s total import-export turnover reached a record high of 770.14 billion USD in the first eight months of 2026, up 28.7% year on year. Exports rose 22.4%, while imports increased 35.3%.
Vietnam’s total import-export turnover reached a record high of 770.14 billion USD in the first eight months of 2026, up 28.7% year on year. Exports rose 22.4%, while imports increased 35.3%.
The story of Vietnam’s economy in 2026 is not just one of faster GDP growth. It is about higher productivity, industrial upgrading, stronger capital formation, and a more prominent role in Asia’s strategic economic landscape.
China-Vietnam trade reached 305.6 billion CNY, a year-on-year increase of 28.3%, representing 83.9% of the total trade turnover through the border gate.
In the first six months of 2026, Vietnam’s total trade turnover trade reached 549.69 billion USD, up 27.1% year-on year.
Overall, total trade turnover in the first six months of 2026 stood at 549.69 billion USD, up 27.1% compared with the same period last year, of which exports rose 21% and imports increased 33.4%.
Vietnam’s total trade turnover hit 445.12 billion USD in the first five months of 2026, marking a 25% increase from a year earlier. Exports grew 19.5%, while imports surged 30.8% year-on-year.
The US remained the largest importer of Vietnamese goods with a turnover of 13.9 billion USD, while China was its biggest import market, recording 19 billion USD.
In the first 11 months of 2025, Vietnam’s total import–export turnover reached 839.75 billion USD, up 17.2% compared to the same period last year, with exports rising 16.1% and imports increasing 18.4%.
Vietnam's total trade in 2025 reached about 920 billion USD, up 16.9% year on year. Of the total, exports were valued at 470.59 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%, while imports amounted to 449.41 billion USD, up 18%, resulting in a trade surplus of around 21.2 billion USD.
In the first nine months of 2025, Vietnam’s total trade turnover reached 680.66 billion USD, up 17.3% year-on-year, with exports increasing by 16% and imports by 18.8%.
Logistics and border trade infrastructure remains a major bottleneck. Congestion at border gates, underdeveloped warehousing, and the lack of multimodal connectivity are significant barriers to supply chain optimisation.
On June 19 alone, a total of 2,005 trucks completed customs clearance at Lang Son’s border gates — the highest single-day figure ever recorded in the province. Of these, 634 carried exports and 1,371 imports.
Malaysia’s trade performance maintained its positive momentum in February 2025, recording a 5.9% year-on-year growth to hit 223.89 billion MYR (55.97 billion USD).
Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 14.08 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, the General Statistics Office announced on July 29.