In recent years, the number of Vietnamese enterprises engaging in online exports has climbed sharply, mirroring the country’s fast-paced digital transformation.
Viet Nam's trade with the rest of the world in January-March period reached US$202.5 billion, an increased of 13.7 percent from the same period last year.
Standard Chartered Bank forecasted Viet Nam’s GDP to grow strongly by 7.7 percent in the first quarter of this year (up from 7.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024) in its latest macroeconomic update about the country.
Viet Nam stood out among its Southeast Asian peers last year with robust export growth, outpacing peer manufacturing hubs Malaysia and Thailand as the country benefited from supply chain shifts away from China, according to Nikkei Asia.
The U.S. was Viet Nam’s largest export market in January this year, with an estimated export turnover of US$10 billion, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
In 2024, Viet Nam issued 1.8 million certificates of origin (COs) for US$100 billion worth of goods exported to the members of free trade agreements to which Viet Nam is a signatory.
Vietnam's rice exports from January 1 to 15 reached 268,700 tonnes, valued at nearly 165.7 million USD, marking increases of 38.7% in volume and 23.28% in value year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).
Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has been taking measures to enhance the management of cross-border e-commerce platforms.