Việt Nam’s total trade reached more than US$930 billion in 2025, up 18.2 per cent year on year, with a trade surplus of $20 billion, according to the National Statistics Office (NSO).
Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports are set to reach $10 billion in 2026, driven by durian, coconuts and bananas, with sustainable growth and global demand boosting the sector.
Local authorities said the 2025 revenue performance provides a critical springboard for the city to enter its next development phase with higher expectations, as it seeks to meet ambitious fiscal targets in 2026 and beyond.
Import–export turnover, budget revenues and FDI continue to climb, though the PM warns of exchange-rate pressures and slow public-investment disbursement.
The Department of Customs announced that State budget revenue from import and export activities in the first 10 months of this year reached VNĐ379.8 trillion (over US$14.4 billion).
Việt Nam’s total import-export turnover in 2025 is expected to reach a new milestone of around US$900 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Due to the recovery of production and export activities, businesses have stepped up the import of raw materials to serve the production of export orders.
Bananas are becoming a rising star in Việt Nam’s fruit export sector, now covering approximately 161,000ha hectares out of the country’s more than 1.3 million hectares of fruit-growing land.
In May alone, budget revenue was recorded at VNĐ39.78 trillion, down slightly by 1.4 per cent compared to the previous month, partly reflecting local disruptions in the global commodity market.
According to the General Department of Customs, under the Ministry of Finance, Việt Nam''s trade surplus declined nearly 60 per cent in the first four months of 2025.
Economist Nguyễn Trí Hiếu outlined political stability and security as important factors helping Việt Nam attract international investors in the electronics support industry.