Vietnam’s Trade Hits $313 Billion, FDI Sector Takes the Lead
According to the latest preliminary statistics just announced by the Customs Department (Ministry of Finance), the value of Vietnam’s import and export of goods in the first period of May 2025 (from May 1, 2025 to May 15, 2025) reached 36.09 billion USD, decreasing by 6.8% (equivalent to a decrease of 2.64 billion USD), compared to the results in the second half of April 2025.
The results achieved in the first half of May 2025 brought the total import-export value of the whole country up to May 15 to 313.26 billion USD, an increase of 15.3%, equivalent to an increase of 41.53 billion USD in absolute terms compared to the same period in 2024. Of which, the total import-export value of enterprises with foreign direct investment (FDI) reached 211.59 billion USD, an increase of 15.5% (equivalent to an increase of 28.4 billion USD. From the beginning of the year to the end of May 15, the trade balance of goods had a surplus of 1.74 billion USD. More specifically, in terms of exports, in the first period of May 2025, it reached 16.88 billion USD, a decrease of 18.3% compared to the second period of April (equivalent to a decrease of 3.77 billion USD). As of May 15, 2025, the total export value of Vietnam reached 157.5 billion USD, an increase of 13.3%, equivalent to an increase of 18.49 billion USD compared to the same period in 2024.
Statistics from the Customs Department also show that the export value of goods of FDI enterprises in the first period of May 2025 reached 13.24 billion USD, decreasing by 5.7%, equivalent to a decrease of 797 million USD compared to the second period of April 2025. As of May 15, the total export value of goods of this group of enterprises reached 112.36 billion USD, increasing by 13.1%, equivalent to an increase of nearly 13 billion USD over the same period last year, accounting for 71.3% of the total export value of the whole country. In the opposite direction, the value of imported goods of Vietnam in the first period of May 2025 reached 19.21 billion USD, increasing by 6.2% (equivalent to an increase of 1.13 billion USD in absolute terms) compared to the results in the second half of April 2025.
The import value of goods in the first period of May 2025 increased compared to the second period of April 2025, mainly in the following groups of goods: computers, electronic products and components increased by 933 million USD, equivalent to an increase of 16.7%; fabrics of all kinds increased by 84 million USD, equivalent to an increase of 12.5%; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts increased by 80 million USD, equivalent to an increase of 3.2%. Thus, by the end of May 15, 2025, the total import value of the whole country reached 155.76 billion USD, an increase of 17.4% (equivalent to an increase of 23.04 billion USD) compared to the same period in 2024. The import value of goods of FDI enterprises in this period reached 13.9 billion USD, an increase of 25.8% (equivalent to an increase of 2.85 billion USD) compared to the second period of April 2025. As of May 15, the total import value of this group of enterprises reached 99.23 billion USD, an increase of 18.4% (equivalent to an increase of 15.4 billion USD) over the same period in 2024, accounting for nearly 64% of the total import value of the whole country.
