AsemconnectVietnam - In 2025, the Netherlands still held the position of Vietnam's largest trading partner in the European Union (EU) for the second consecutive year, with bilateral trade reaching US$14.3 billion.

Trade and investment relations between the two countries continued to show many positive developments.
The information from the Vietnamese Trade Office in the Netherlands indicated that in 2025, total bilateral trade between Vietnam and the Netherlands reached US$14.3 billion, an increase of 3.8% compared to 2024.
With this result, the Netherlands continued to be Vietnam's largest trading partner among the 27 EU countries, and also Vietnam's largest trade surplus market in Europe, with a surplus value of US$12.7 billion.
Specifically, the value of goods exported from Vietnam to the Netherlands in 2025 reached US$13.5 billion, an increase of 3.7% compared to the previous year. Conversely, imports from the Netherlands reached US$825 million, an increase of 5.2%.
Notably, within ASEAN, Vietnam is currently the largest import partner of the Netherlands, reflecting Vietnam's increasingly important role in regional and global supply chains.
In terms of export product structure, the agricultural, forestry, and fisheries sector continued to maintain positive growth. Specifically, the exports of cashew nuts to the Netherlands reached US$495 million, up by 22.3%; coffee reached US$373 million, a strong increase of 57.9%; seafood reached US$215 million, up by 8.7%; and fruits and vegetables reached US$158 million, up by 41.3%.
Several other items such as pepper reached US$70 million (up by 9.8%), rice reached US$10.7 million (up by 17.4%), and wood and wood products reached US$104.7 million (up by 32.3%) also recorded significant increases.
In addition, the exports of processed industrial goods such as footwear, textiles and textile raw materials, leather, and footwear continued to grow with increases ranging from 9.3% to 11.7% respectively. However, key manufacturing goods tended to grow slowly or decline.
Specifically, the exports of computers, electronic products and components reached nearly US$3.5 billion (up by 0.4%); telephones and components reached US$1.06 billion (up by 0.4%); while other machinery, equipment and parts reached US$2.24 billion, a decrease of 8.8% compared to 2024.
On the import side, machinery, equipment and parts continued to be the largest group, accounting for 24.5% of total imports from the Netherlands in 2025, an increase of 22.5% compared to the previous year. In addition, other key import categories such as food products, animal feed and raw materials, pharmaceuticals, milk and dairy products continued to maintain stable growth.
Alongside trade, investment between the two countries continued to be a bright spot. By the end of 2025, the Netherlands was the largest EU investor in Vietnam, with a cumulative investment of US$14.938 billion, comprising 466 active projects, ranking 9th among 154 countries and territories investing in Vietnam. These projects focus on various sectors such as energy, processing and manufacturing industries, semiconductors, trade, services, logistics, and warehousing.
Conversely, Vietnam currently has 12 investment projects in the Netherlands with a total registered capital of US$107.2 million, a decrease of 13.9% compared to the same period in 2024. These projects are mainly in the fields of construction, trade, food services, software production, distribution of telecommunications equipment, electronics, automobiles and components, as well as investment in oil and gas projects.
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Source: VITIC/thuehaiquan.tapchikinhtetaichinh.vn