8 export commodity groups over 10 billion USD
In 2025, commodity exports continued to be a prominent bright spot of the economy, making an important contribution to growth and macroeconomic stability. Vietnam's total commodity export turnover reached about 475 billion USD, an increase of 17% compared to 2024; the trade balance maintained a trade surplus of over 20 billion USD.
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong - Director of the Statistics Department (Ministry of Finance) assessed that this result shows that the production capacity and competitiveness of Vietnamese goods continue to be strengthened in the context of the world economy still having many fluctuations.
In 2025, Vietnam has 8 export groups with a turnover of over 10 billion USD. Exports of processed industrial goods still play a key role, accounting for 88.7% of total export turnover, with many high-tech items such as electronics, computers and components; telephones of all kinds and components; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts all maintained a fairly high increase, reflecting Vietnam's increasingly deep participation in the global value chain.
Notably, Ms. Huong said that agricultural products continue to be an important pillar of exports in the context of volatile international markets due to tariff policies. Many key agricultural products of Vietnam have high export turnover such as coffee increased by 58.8%, cashew nuts increased by 20.4%, pepper increased by 26.3%, seafood increased by 12.4%. Agricultural products maintain positive growth momentum thanks to market expansion, quality improvement, better meeting technical standards and traceability requirements of major import markets.
Regarding the market, the United States continues to be Vietnam's largest export market in 2025, reaching a record milestone of 153.2 billion USD, accounting for over 32% of the country's total export turnover and an increase of 28.2% compared to the previous year.
Export results in 2025 show that the production capacity, adaptability and competitiveness of Vietnamese goods continue to be improved, affirming the role of exports as an important driving force to promote growth and macroeconomic stability," Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong emphasized.
Seek and sign more FTAs
To respond to many fluctuations and changes in global trends, Mr. Tran Thanh Hai, Deputy Director of the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) emphasized the need to strongly shift from a large-scale growth model to deep, effective and sustainable growth, associated with improving added value, technology content and localization rate.
According to Mr. Hai, in 2026 Vietnam needs to focus on solutions to create new growth momentum. Develop core core industries with sustainable value, develop agricultural products. Proactively source raw materials by promoting scientific research, mastering technology to increase domestic value.
It is necessary to diversify markets through actively promoting, finding and signing more FTAs to create new markets. Promote new trade methods such as cross-border e-commerce. Innovate trade promotion associated with brand building. Link brands with traceability of origin (agricultural products) and origin of goods (industrial), associated with green standards and digitization. Along with that, optimizing logistics processes to bring goods to consumers at the lowest cost and fastest time is extremely important to promote businesses to go directly to foreign markets," Mr. Hai emphasized.
Agreeing with this view, Mr. Vu Ba Phu - Director of the Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Industry and Trade) said that although the network of 17 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) creates a large market space, Vietnamese goods still account for a small proportion in many large markets.
Trade promotion activities will continue to focus on key markets such as the United States, EU, Canada, China, while expanding connections with potential regions such as South Asia, UAE, Africa and Mexico. At the same time, standardize the system of local trade promotion centers to help businesses better take advantage of the benefits from FTAs," Mr. Phu emphasized.
