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During the same period, the country’s total import–export value reached more than US$762 billion, up 17.4% from a year earlier. Exports amounted to nearly US$391 billion, an increase of 16.2%, while imports grew 18.6% to US$371.4 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of over US$19.5 billion. In October alone, Vietnam’s total trade stood at US$81.49 billion, down a slight 1.2% from September, but the nation still posted a monthly trade surplus of US$2.6 billion, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

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According to the Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance, in the first ten months of 2025, Vietnam continued to attract strong inflows of FDI, with total registered capital reaching $31.52 billion, an increase of 15.6 per cent on-year. Of this, 3,321 new projects were licensed with $14.07 billion in newly registered capital, marking a 21.1 per cent increase in project count but a 7.6 per cent decrease in registered capital on-year.

According to Vũ Đức Giang, chairman of the Việt Nam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), the industry’s export turnover reached US$34.75 billion in the first nine months of 2025, an increase of 7.7 per cent year-on-year. This marks a robust comeback and highlights the resilience of Việt Nam’s textile exports in the global market.

Vietnam recorded 162,900 new businesses established in the first ten months of the year with total registered capital of nearly VND1.6 quadrillion and 967,600 employees, showed data from the National Statistics Office (NSO). Average capital per new company was VND9.8 billion. Total additional capital injected into the economy during the period reached VND5.2 quadrillion, surging 98.2% from the same period last year.

Speaking at the first meeting of the Executive Committee of the 2025-2030 Party Committee of the HCMC People’s Committee today, Nguyen Van Duoc, chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee, said the city would absolutely obtain higher budget revenue than expected for this year if each individual or each organization showed a sense of responsibility for getting their jobs done.

HCMC generated an estimated VND208.07 trillion in tourism revenue in the first 10 months of 2025, up 22% over the same period last year, according to the city’s Tourism Department. The figure represents nearly 72% of the city’s full-year target of VND290 trillion. International arrivals in the period rose 17.7% over the same period last year to 6.5 million, while domestic visitors totaled over 33 million. 

The index of industrial production (IIP) rose 9.2% in the first ten months of the year, supported by strong gains in manufacturing, according to the National Statistics Office. The IIP in October was estimated to increase 2.4% from September and 10.8% from a year earlier. October’s growth exceeded the 7.1% rise recorded in the same month of 2024.