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Vietnam's rubber industry is poised for strong growth in 2025, driven by rising rubber prices, expanding production, and increased export opportunities, despite potential challenges from global trade policies and shifting market dynamics. As global trade dynamics continue to evolve, Vietnam’s rubber industry remains well-positioned to leverage rising prices, supply constraints in competing markets, and increasing demand from key trade partners.

Việt Nam’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has risen by 7.2 per cent year-on-year in the first two months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Finance's General Statistics Office. In February, the IIP saw a significant year-on-year increase of 17.2 per cent, though it experienced a month-on-month decline of 2.2 per cent, largely due to the timing of the Lunar New Year celebrations, which in 2024 took place entirely in February.

Việt Nam’s agricultural, forestry and fishery exports hit a five-year high in the first two months of 2025, according to data released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment on Tuesday. Export turnover reached US$9.38 billion, up 8.3 per cent year-on-year. February alone saw a sharp 32.7 per cent rise to $4.4 billion.

The Vietnamese coffee industry made a distinct impression in the first two months of this year, with export turnover rising by 26.2 per cent year-on-year to US$1.58 billion while volume falling by 28.4 per cent to 284,000 tonnes, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. This achievement not only affirmed Việt Nam's position in the global coffee market but also opened bright prospects for exceeding the $6 billion target this year.

Import and export activities between Việt Nam and China were moderate in the first two months of the year, with a value exceeding US$31 billion, data from the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed. The value of imports from China in the past two months reached $23.3 billion, an increase of 20.7 per cent compared to the same period last year.

In the first two months of 2025, Ho Chi Minh City has lured $365.8 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) capital, a remarkable increase of 87 per cent on-year. On March 6, the representative of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Finance briefed the performance of the city's socioeconomic development in the first two months of the year, showing many positive results.

Foreign investment into Việt Nam continued an upward trend in the first two months of the year, statistics released on Wednesday by the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Finance showed. The total foreign registered capital was over US$6.9 billion by the end of February, while disbursed capital was $2.95 billion, up 35.5 per cent and 5.4 per cent, respectively, compared to the same period last year.

The domestic stock market has seen an impressive performance of mid- and small-cap stocks, outperforming the market average. However, experts warn investors to assess valuation levels against the growth potential of these companies for informed decisions.