Exports in the first 15 days reached $20.06 billion, while imports totalled $20.29 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of approximately $230 million.
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.
On the import side, computers, electronics and components led with a value of US$6.55 billion, followed by machinery and spare parts at US$2.7 billion.
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.
Despite intense competition, rising logistics costs, and increasingly stringent import standards, many key export commodities continued to grow robustly, contributing significantly to the trade surplus.
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.