Vietnam racks up US$3.79 billion trade surplus in first four months of 2025
VOV.VN - Vietnam has maintained its trade surplus streak as seen in previous months, with exports outpacing imports by US$3.79 billion during the January - April period, less than half the amount recorded in the same period last year.
The National Statistics Office (NSO) reported on May 6 that the first four months of this year witnessed Vietnamese import-export revenue total US$276.89 billion, marking an annual increase of 15.7%.
Of the total, export earnings grew by 13% to US$140.34 billion, mostly contributed by the FDI sector (US$99.6 billion). Exports of processed industrial goods brought back US$123.71 billion, accounting for 88.2% of the total amount.
The US was the country’s largest export market with a revenue of US$43.4 billion.
On the import side, Vietnam spent US$136.55 billion on imports during the opening four-month period, up 18.6% year on year. The domestic sector imported US$51.26 billion worth of goods, while the foreign-invested sector’s import value stood at US$85.29 billion.
Production materials were the major import items in the four-month period with a value of US$128.17 billion, making up 93.9% of the total imports.
Most notably, China was the biggest importer of Vietnamese goods with a turnover of US$53.2 billion.
Vietnam posts trade surplus of US$3.16 billion in Q1
Vietnam’s total import-export turnover hit US$202.52 billion in the first three months of 2025, marking a 13.7% increase compared to the same period last year, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported on April 6.
