AsemconnectVietnam - The past 9 months have continued to witness a strong breakthrough in export activities, consolidating Vietnam's position as one of the countries with the leading trade scale in the region and the world.

According to the latest preliminary statistics of the Customs Department, from the beginning of the year to October 15, Vietnam's total export turnover reached an impressive figure of 368.13 billion USD.
The above result is superior to the level of nearly 317 billion USD recorded in the same period of 2024, demonstrating the recovery and sustainable growth of domestic manufacturing and processing industries.
Thus, the export growth rate maintained a high double-digit level compared to the same period in 2024 (up by 16.13%, equivalent to an increase in turnover of 51.13 billion USD).
In particular, the foreign direct investment (FDI) sector continues to play a key role, accounting for 75.4% of the country's total export turnover.
The bright export picture is clearly shown through 10 commodity groups and 10 key markets.
Driving force from technology commodity groups
Looking at the structure of key commodities as reported by the Customs Department, it shows that high-tech commodities and deeply processed products continue to hold the leading position, leading export growth since the beginning of the year.
The first was the group of computers, electronic products and components. This continued to be the number one commodity group with a turnover of 81.9 billion USD, an increase of 47.15% over the same period last year.
This strong growth affirms Vietnam's position in the global supply chain of goods and electronic products.
Also related to the electronics, high technology, phones of all kinds and components ranked second with a turnover of approximately 46 billion USD, up by 4.7%.
Over the years, this group of goods has remained an important pillar, contributing significantly to the total export turnover of the whole country.
Machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts ranked third with 45.43 billion USD, up by 12.9%. This result strengthens the role of the important industrial sector in the export structure of our country.
In addition to the driving force from technology groups, bright export spots are also built from traditional groups.
Typically, textiles and footwear with turnover scale ranked fourth and fifth.
Specifically, textile and garment exports reached 31.24 billion USD, up by 8.16%.
Meanwhile, footwear reached 18.7 billion USD, up by 4.8%.
Although there was no double-digit growth, the above results reflect the great efforts of textile and footwear enterprises due to increasingly fierce competition.
Means of transport and spare parts ranked sixth in turnover with 13.56 billion USD, up by 13.76%. This shows that Vietnam is playing an increasingly important role in the supporting industry, especially the automobile and transport sector.
Wood and wood products ranked seventh with a turnover of 13.2 billion USD, up by 6.35%, showing the efforts to maintain market share in the international market of this important industry.
In addition to the 7 groups of tens of billions of dollars mentioned above, the top 10 largest export groups also include seafood (reaching 8.71 billion USD, up by 13.26%); coffee, reaching 7.2 billion USD, up by 61.8%; plastic products reaching 5.79 billion USD, up by 12.65%.
Efforts to maintain position in the US market
By market (updated to the end of September of 2025), traditional and potential markets all showed significant growth in export turnover compared to the same period last year.
In particular, the United States continues to be Vietnam's largest export market. With turnover reaching 1,112.77 billion USD, up 27.74% over the same period last year, accounting for 30.63% of the country's export turnover.
This is a great effort by Vietnam in the difficult context caused by the tax policy of the Trump administration in the first months of the year.
The next 4 positions all come from Asia were China reached 49.62 billion USD, up by 11.26%; South Korea reached 21.37 billion USD, up by 12.47%; Japan reached 19.65 billion USD, up by 9.17%; Hong Kong (China) reached 12.95 billion USD, a sharp increase of 38.5%.
Among the remaining 5 major markets, there were 3 names from Europe, 1 from Asia and 1 from America.
Specifically, the Netherlands reached 9.79 billion USD, up by 3.16%; Germany reached 6.96 billion USD, up by 19.83%; Thailand reached 6.34, up by 7.96%; the UK reached 6.22 billion, up by 9.7%; Canada reached 5.56 billion USD, up by 19.3%.
The above figures show that Vietnamese goods have found a solid foothold in most major economies in the world, helping to create stability in growth momentum.
The optimistic signals over the past 9 months were the basis for believing that exports in 2025 will set new records and continue to be a bright spot of the economy.
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Source: VITIC/ haiquanonline.com.vn