According to data from the Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance), in August, the total import and export turnover of goods reached 83.06 billion USD, up 0.9% over the previous month and up 16.0% over the same period last year. In the first eight months of 2025, the total import and export turnover of goods reached 597.93 billion USD, up 16.3% over the same period last year, of which exports increased by 14.8%; imports increased by 17.9%. The trade balance of goods had a surplus of 13.99 billion USD.
Export turnover reaches 42.29 billion USD
Export turnover of goods in August reached 43.39 billion USD, up 2.6% over the previous month. Of which, the domestic economic sector reached 9.16 billion USD, up 2.4%; the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) reached 34.22 billion USD, up 2.6%. Compared to the same period last year, the export turnover of goods in August increased by 14.5%, of which the domestic economic sector decreased by 17.1%, the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) increased by 27.5%.
In the first eight months of 2025, the export turnover of goods reached 305.96 billion USD, up 14.8% over the same period last year. Of which, the domestic economic sector reached 76.69 billion USD, up 3.2%, accounting for 25.1% of total export turnover; the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) reached 229.27 billion USD, up 19.3%, accounting for 74.9%.
In the first eight months of 2025, there were 29 items with export turnover of over 1 billion USD, accounting for 92.1% of total export turnover (there were 7 items with export turnover of over 10 billion USD, accounting for 67.8%).
Regarding the structure of export goods in the first eight months of 2025, the group of processed industrial goods reached 271.06 billion USD, accounting for 88.6%; the group of agricultural and forestry products reached 25.92 billion USD, accounting for 8.5%; the group of seafood goods reached 7.15 billion USD, accounting for 2.3%; the group of fuel and mineral goods reached 1.83 billion USD, accounting for 0.6%.
Import turnover reaches 40.0 billion USD
Import-export turnover of goods in August reached 39.67 billion USD, down 0.8% compared to the previous month. Of which, the domestic economic sector reached 10.76 billion USD, down 4.6%; the foreign-invested sector reached 28.91 billion USD, up 0.7%. Compared to the same period last year, the import turnover of goods in August increased by 17.7%, of which the domestic economic sector decreased by 11.3%; the foreign-invested sector increased by 34.0%.
In the first eight months of 2025, the import turnover of goods reached 291.97 billion USD, up 17.9% over the same period last year, of which the domestic economic sector reached 94.77 billion USD, up 5.3%; the foreign-invested sector reached 197.2 billion USD, up 25.1%.
In the first eight months of 2025, there were 38 imported items with a value of over 1 billion USD, accounting for 91.2% of total import turnover (there were 2 imported items over 10 billion USD, accounting for 46.2%).
Regarding the structure of imported goods in the first eight months of 2025, the group of manufactured materials reached 273.91 billion USD, accounting for 93.8%, of which the group of machinery, equipment and spare parts accounted for 52.2%; the group of raw materials, raw materials and materials accounted for 41.6%. The group of consumer goods reached 18.06 billion USD, accounting for 6.2%.
Regarding the import and export market for goods in the first eight months of 2025, the United States is Vietnam's largest export market with a turnover of 99.1 billion USD. China is Vietnam's largest import market with a turnover of 117.9 billion USD.
According to preliminary data, the trade balance of goods in July had a trade surplus of 2.29 billion USD; seven months had a trade surplus of 10.27 billion USD; August had a trade surplus of 3.72 billion USD. In the first eight months of 2025, the trade balance of goods had a trade surplus of 13.99 billion USD (the same period last year had a trade surplus of 18.84 billion USD). Of which, the domestic economic sector has a trade surplus of 18.08 billion USD; the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) has a trade surplus of 32.07 billion USD.
