The national goods trade balance in the first 7 months of 2025 remained in surplus of more than 10 billion USD, although lower than in 2024, the Customs Department under the Ministry of Finance has reported.

Viet Nam’s export earnings grew by 14.8% to 262.44 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, while its import turnover rose by 17.9% to 252.26 billion USD, resulting in a trade surplus of 10.18 billion USD, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported on August 6.

Amidst a host of global issues, such as trade tensions and intensifying geopolitical conflicts across various countries and regions, enterprises have turned challenges into opportunities, helping Viet Nam’s import-export turnover in the first half of 2025 record a positive highlight.

Viet Nam’s total import-export turnover reached 432.03 billion USD in the first half of 2025, marking a 16.1% increase compared to the same period last year, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance reported on July 5.

State budget revenue from import and export activities in the first half of 2025 reached nearly 222.75 trillion VND (8.5 billion USD), equivalent to 54.2% of the annual target and representing a 10.3% increase, or 20.87 trillion VND, compared to the same period in 2024, the Department of Viet Nam Customs reported on July 3.

Vietnam’s import-export turnover in December is estimated at 58.82 billion USD, up 2.7% over the previous month, pushing the total in the whole year to 732.5 billion USD, a year on year rise of 9.5%, with a trade surplus of 11.2 billion USD, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam's industry and trade sector has obtained encouraging results in 2022, contributing to the national socio-economic development. The following is a list of the 10 most outstanding events of the year as selected by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 10.6 billion USD in the January-November period, the General Statistics Office announced on November 29.

Despite the changes in the world situation, Vietnam has made positive recovery in business and production activities, stabilised macro-economy, controlled inflation, and ensured major economic balances, according to a report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) delivered at the Government regular meeting on September 6.