Vietnam’s export turnover in December 2025 reached $44.05 billion, up 12.6% from the previous month, equivalent to an increase of $4.94 billion. This marks the first time Vietnam’s monthly export value has surpassed $44 billion, setting a new record.

Among major export categories, several achieved unprecedented milestones during the month. 

Notably, computers, electronic products, and components exceeded the $10 billion threshold for the first time, reaching $10.74 billion. This lifted the total export value of the category for the whole of 2025 to $107.75 billion. The figure accounts for about 23% of the country’s total export turnover and represents a sharp 48.4% increase compared to the previous year, equivalent to a rise of $35.15 billion.

With this result, computers, electronic products, and components not only maintained their position as Vietnam’s top export category by value, but also contributed more than half of the overall growth in the nation’s export turnover in 2025.

By market, exports of this category to the United States reached $42.09 billion, surging 81.4% year-on-year, equivalent to an increase of $18.88 billion. Mainland China ranked second with $16.89 billion, up 33.6% ($4.24 billion); followed by Hong Kong (China) with $10.82 billion, up 32.7% ($2.66 billion); and the European Union with $10.89 billion, up 9.9%, equivalent to an increase of $981 million.

For phones and components, export turnover in December 2025 reached $4.05 billion, up 1.6% from the previous month. For the whole year, exports of this category totaled $56.71 billion, up 5.2%, equivalent to an increase of $2.82 billion compared to 2024.

Exports of phones and components during the year were mainly concentrated in major markets such as China, the United States, the EU, ASEAN, India, and Japan.

Source: VnEconomy