Hanoi, June 3 -- Vietnam's total import-export turnover reached 445.12 billion USD in the first five months of 2026, up 25% year-on-year, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance on June 3. In May alone, trade turnover amounted to 99.07 billion USD, rising 3.2% from the previous month and 25.8% from a year earlier. Exports increased 19.5% year-on-year in the January-May period, while imports surged 30.8%. As a result, the country recorded a trade deficit of 5.21 billion USD in May and 13.8 billion USD in the first five months of the year, compared with a trade surplus of 5.1 billion USD in the same period of 2025.

The domestic sector posted a deficit of 20.76 billion USD, while the ...