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Foreign trade hits nearly US$840 bln in 11 months

VGP - Viet Nam’s trade with the rest of the world in the first 11 months of this year reached approximately US$840 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.2 percent, equivalent to US$123 billion.

Posts Thuy Dung

December 06, 2025 9:31 PM GMT+7

Of the figure, exports increased by 16.1 percent to US$430 billion, while imports grew 18.4 percent to US$409.61 billion, resulting in a a trade surplus of US$20.5 billion.

During January-November, the U.S. remained the biggest importer of Vietnamese goods with US$138.6 billion while China was Viet Nam's largest goods supplier with US$167.5 billion.

In November alone, despite storms causing delays in the supply chain, production activity still recorded positive growth as the number of new orders increased, with the manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) reaching 53.8 points.

November marked the third consecutive month of rising new orders, helping drive continued growth in production, according to an S&P Global report.

Building on the aforesaid achievements, the Southeast Asian nation's foreign trade volume for the entire year is expected to set all-time record high of US$900 billion./.