Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s import-export activities maintained strong growth over the first nine months, significantly contributing to the country’s economic stability and development.
Photo: Vietnam’s total import-export earnings in the first nine months of 2025 values at 680.66 billion USD, up 17.3% year-on-year. (Photo: VietnamPlus)
Vietnam’s total import–export earnings between January and September reached 680.66 billion USD, up 17.3% year-on-year, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance on October 6.
The country's exports stood at 348.74 billion USD, a 16% increase compared with the same period last year. Of the figure, the domestic economic sector contributed 85.41 billion USD, up 2% and accounting for 24.5% of the total, while the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) brought in 263.33 billion USD, up 21.4% and making up 75.5% of the total.
The office reported that thirty-two export items saw export turnover surpass the 1 billion USD mark, representing 93.1% of total export turnover, including seven items exceeding 10 billion USD (67.9%) each.
By category, processed industrial products remained a key contributor, raking in 309.03 billion USD, accounting for 88.6% of the total exports. It was followed by agro-forestry products with 29.51 billion USD (8.5%), aquatic products with 8.17 billion USD (2.3%), and fuels and minerals with 2.03 billion USD (0.6%).
Meanwhile, the nation's imports during the reviewed period totalled 331.92 billion USD, up 18.8% year-on-year. The domestic sector accounted for 105.67 billion USD (up 4.6%), while the foreign-invested sector contributed 226.25 billion USD (up 26.8%).
Forty-three import items exceeded 1 billion USD in value each, making up 92.9% of the total value, including three categories surpassing 10 billion USD (49.9%), the office reported.
In terms of structure, the import value of production inputs amounted to 311.22 billion USD, equivalent to 93.8%, while that of consumer goods stood at 20.7 billion USD (6.2%).
This reflects that imports are primarily aimed at supporting production, processing, and strengthening domestic production capacity.
The NSO’s report also provides a detailed view of Vietnam’s import-export market structure over the last nine months.
The US remained Vietnam’s largest buyer, with turnover reaching 112.8 billion USD, including a trade surplus of 99.1 billion USD, up 28.3% year-on-year. The EU was also an important export market of the country, delivering a trade surplus of 28.8 billion USD, up 11.8%. However, the trade surplus with Japan fell 26.2% to just 1.5 billion USD.
China continued to be Vietnam’s biggest import source with turnover reaching 134.4 billion USD, resulting in a trade deficit of 84.8 billion USD, up 40.2% year-on-year. Vietnam also recorded trade deficits of 23 billion USD with the Republic of Korea (up 2.4%) and 10.6 billion USD with the ASEAN region (up 65.4%).
With these export and import figures, Vietnam enjoyed a goods trade surplus of 16.82 billion USD in the first three quarters of 2025, the NSO said.
Service exports and imports were estimated at 21.99 billion USD and 30.29 billion USD in this period, up 19.1% and 16.3% year-on-year, respectively. As a result, Vietnam recorded a service trade deficit of 8.3 billion USD in the reviewed period./.
