After several months of trade deficits, Viet Nam's trade balance returned to surplus in September. But will stronger export growth be enough to establish a new trend, or is this merely a temporary respite before a larger wave of trade deficits?

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said that over the past nine months, Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports reached nearly 7.35 billion USD, up 19.9% compared with the same period in 2025. In September alone, the export value of fruit and vegetables was estimated at 1.19 billion USD.

To meet these goals, the agency will continue refining the legal framework governing import-export activities and gather feedback from local authorities and relevant agencies to propose amendments, supplements or replacements for outdated circulars.

Viet Nam’s total trade hit 930.05 billion USD in 2025, a 18.2% jump from a year earlier, with a trade surplus of 20.03 billion USD, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).

Viet Nam'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.

Viet Nam enjoyed a trade surplus of 20.53 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2025, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance unveiled on December 6.

On November 11, the Department of Customs reported that state budget revenue from import–export activities in the first ten months of 2025 reached 379.816 trillion VND (14.4 billion USD), equivalent to 92.4% of the annual target and 80.8% of the striving target, marking an increase of 9.3% (or 1.2 billion USD) over same period in 2024.

Viet Nam’s total foreign trade value reached 762.44 billion USD in the first ten months of 2025, the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance reported on November 6.

In the first nine months of 2025, industries and trade in southern Viet Nam have shown strong recovery, with the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in many localities rising by over 10% and the region recording a trade surplus of 18 billion USD.

In the first eight months of 2025, the total value of Viet Nam’s import and export goods reached nearly 598 billion USD, with a trade surplus of nearly 14 billion USD.

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.