Vietnam Customs reported that the country’s exports of electronic goods, computers, and components reached $10.74 billion last month, pushing total export earnings for the month to $107.75 billion.
The figure made up roughly 23% of the nation’s total export revenue and marked a significant year‑on‑year growth of 48.4%, equal to an increase of $35.15 billion.
With this performance, computers, electronic products, and components continued to rank as Vietnam’s leading export by value and accounted for more than half of the overall growth in the country’s export turnover last year.
Exports of this category to the United States reached $42.09 billion, reflecting an 81.4% rise from a year earlier, while shipments to China totaled $16.89 billion, up 33.6% year on year.
According to the customs authority, Vietnam’s total merchandise exports in December reached $44.05 billion, a 12.6% increase from the prior month, marking the first time the country’s monthly export value surpassed the $44 billion mark.
Several export categories reached record monthly levels in December, notably textiles and garments at $3.65 billion, wood and wood products at $1.66 billion, and footwear at $2.2 billion.
Among the 45 major export groups, 40 recorded month-on-month growth during the period.
Among these, seven categories recorded strong growth of over 30%, including ores and minerals, which surged 90.3%. Coffee rose 86.8%, rattan, bamboo, and rush products increased 43.5%, cassava and cassava products climbed 42.6%, coal grew 40.4%, rice gained 30.8%, and chemical products rose 30.5%.
In contrast, exports of precious stones, precious metals, and related products declined by 15.9% from the previous month.
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