In August, the total value of imports and exports reached over US$83 billion, up nearly 1 percent compared to the previous month. Of this, exports amounted to over US$43 billion, an increase of nearly 3 percent, while imports totaled nearly US$40 billion, down by about 1 percent.
Vietnam’s trade surplus for this month stood at close to US$3 billion. State budget revenue from import-export activities in August reached nearly VND36,000 billion (nearly US$1.4 billion), a decline of more than 10 percent from July.
For the first eight months of 2025, the total import-export value reached nearly US$600 billion, up more than 16 percent compared to the same period last year.
Exports totaled nearly US$306 billion, up nearly 15 percent, and imports reached nearly US$292 billion, up nearly 18 percent year-on-year.
Trade surplus over the eight-month period was close to US$14 billion, down nearly 26 percent compared to the same period last year. State budget revenue from import-export activities over the first eight months reached more than VND298,000 billion (US$11.3 billion), achieving nearly 73 percent of the annual estimate and rising over 8 percent year-on-year.
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