Vietnam's economic growth highest in 15 years

The 7.96% growth figure is only lower than the 8.56% growth rate of the second quarter of 2022 in the 2020-2025 period, the General Statistics Office said.

In the first 6 months of the year, GDP increased by 7.52% over the same period last year, the highest level of the first 6 months in the period 2011-2025.

specifically, the GDP growth rate in the first half of the year 2021-2025 period reached 5.71%, 7.01%, 3.91%, 6.64%, 7.52% respectively.

In the total added value growth of the entire economy , the agriculture, forestry and fishery increased sector by 3.84%, contributing 5.59%, the industry and construction sector increased by 8.33%, contributing 42.2%, and the service sector increased by 8.14%, contributing 52.21%.

Assessing the economic growth rate in the first 6 months of the year, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, Director of the General Statistics Office, said that Vietnam's growth rate was the highest in Southeast Asia, in which the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector and the agricultural sector maintained stable growth, meeting domestic consumption demand and serving exports.

Industrial and construction sector, industry achieved high growth, the added value of the whole industry in the first 6 months of 2025 increased by 8.07%, the construction industry increased by 9.62%.

Meanwhile, the added value of the service sector in the first 6 months of 2025 increased by 8.14% over the same period last year, the highest increase over the same period in the past 5 years.

Regarding GDP structure, the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector accounts for 11.28%, the industry and construction sector accounts for 36.96%, the service sector accounts for 43.4%, and product taxes minus product subsidies account for 8.3%.

25.5 thousand new businesses established and resumed operations in 1 month

In June, the whole country had more than 24,400 newly established enterprises, 14,400 enterprises returning to operation; 6,433 enterprises registered to temporarily suspend business for a period of time; nearly 10,100 enterprises temporary operations suspended pending dissolution procedures; 2,761 enterprises completed dissolution procedures.

In total, in the first 6 months, the whole country had more than 152,700 newly registered and resuming operations. On average, 25,500 newly established and resuming operations per month.

The number of enterprises withdrawing from the market was 127.2 thousand, an increase of 15.5% over the same period last year; on average, nearly 21.2 thousand enterprises withdraw from the market per month.

In 1 month, 25.5 thousand enterprises were newly established and resumed operations. (Illustration photo)

Regarding import and export, after the first 6 months of the year, the US is Vietnam's largest export market with a turnover of 70.91 billion USD. China is Vietnam's largest import market with a turnover of 84.7 billion USD.

The trade balance of goods in June had a trade surplus of 2.83 billion USD. In the first 6 months of 2025, the trade balance of goods had a trade surplus of 7.63 billion USD (the same period last year had a trade surplus of 12.15 billion USD).

Pham Duy

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