SUMMARY
 
In 2021, the total import and export turnover of goods was 669.01 billion USD, expanded by 22.7% over the previous year, the trade surplus reached 3.32 billion USD, much lower than the trade surplus of 19.8 billion USD in 2020. In 2021, the total import and export turnover of goods and services to GDP was 186.5% increase by 23.2 percentage points in comparison with the proportion achieved in the previous year.
 
In 2021, the export turnover of goods preliminarily gained 336.17 billion USD, up 18.9% over the previous year, of which the domestic economic sector reached 89.29 billion USD, rising by 14.2%, accounting for 26.6% of total export turnover; the FDI sector (including crude oil) gained 246.88 billion USD, increasing by 20.8%, sharing 73.4%.
 
Regarding the structure of export goods, the group of fuels and minerals preliminarily reached 4.2 billion USD, going up by 22.7% over the previous year, accounting for 1.2% of total export turnover (equal to the proportion of the previous year). The group of processed industrial products reached 300.6 billion USD, jumping up by 19.5% and sharing 89.4% (an increase of 0.4 percentage points in the proportion); the group of agricultural products and processed agricultural products reached 18.2 billion USD, growing by 13.4% and accounting for 5.4% (down 0.2 percentage points); the forestry products was estimated at 4.3 billion USD, accelerating by 30.4% and sharing 1.3% (a rise of 0.1 percentage point); the group of aquatic products was estimated at 8.8 billion USD, increasing by 5.5% and accounting for 2.6% (a fall of 0.3 percentage points); the non-monetary gold was estimated at 7.3 million USD, rising by 13.4% and accounting for 0.002%.
 
Some items achieved a large export turnover in 2021 as follows: Phones all of kinds and their parts reached 57.5 billion USD, increasing by 12.4% over the previous year; electronic goods,computers and their parts reached 50.8 billion USD, rising by 13.9%; machinery, instrument, accessory was estimated at 38.3 billion USD, jumping up by 40.9%; textile, sewing products reached 32.8 billion USD, going up by 9.9%; footwear reached 17.8 billion USD, increasing by 5.7%; wood and wooden products gained 14.8 billion USD, climbing up by 22%; iron, steel reached 11.8 billion USD, growing by 124.2%; means of transport and components was estimated at 10.6 billion USD, expanding by 15.6%; fishery products reached 8.9 billion USD, increasing by 5.9%.
 
In terms of the export market in 2021, the United States ranked the first with 96.3 billion USD, gaining an increase of 24.9% over the previous year, accounting for 28.6% of total export turnover; China reached 55.9 billion USD, achieving a rise of 14.4%, accounting for 16.6%; EU reached 40 billion USD, gaining an expansion of 14%, accounting for 11.9% (the export value data with EU has excluded the UK since 2020); ASEAN reached 28.9 billion USD, achieving a growth of 23.3%, sharing 8.6%; Korea was 21.9 billion USD, gaining an acceleration of 14.9%, accounting for 6.5%; Japan reached 20.1 billion USD, achieving a rise of 4.4%, accounting for 6%.
 
The import turnover of goods in 2021 preliminarily reached 332.84 billion USD, jumping up by 26.7% over the previous year, of which the domestic economic sector reached 114.36 billion USD, expanding by 22%, accounting for 34.4% of the total import turnover; the FDI sector reached 218.48 billion USD, accelerating by 29.3%, representing 65.6%.
 
Regarding the structure of import goods, the group of capital goods preliminarily reached 296.9 billion USD, gaining an expansion of 27.4% over the same period last year, accounting for 89.2% of the total import turnover (an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared to the proportion in 2020). The group of consumer goods preliminarily reached 35.6 billion USD, achieving a rise of 20.9% and accounting for 10.7% (an decrease of 0.5 percentage points). Non-monetary gold was estimated at 257 million USD, gaining a growth of 18.9% and accounting for 0.1%.
 
Some items achieved a large import turnover in 2021 as follows: Electronic goods, computers and their parts reached at 75.6 billion USD, increased by 18.1% compared to that in 2020; phones all of kinds and their parts reached at 21.5 billion USD, rose by 28.7%; textile fabrics reached 14.3 billion USD, went up by 20.8%; plastics in primary form reached 11.8 billion USD, jumped up by 40%; iron and steel were 11.6 billion USD, reduced by 43.4%; product of plastic reached 8 billion USD, increased by 9.6%; chemical products gained 7.8 billion USD, accelerated by 37.5%; chemicals gained 7.6 billion USD, increased by 52.4%.
 
In 2021, China continued to be the largest import market in Viet Nam with 110.5 billion USD, gaining a rise of 31.3% compared to that in 2020, accounting for 33.2% of total import turnover; followed by the Korean market with 56.3 billion USD, gaining a growth of 20% and a share of 16.9%; ASEAN with 41.1 billion USD, achieving an expansion of 35% and a proportion of 12.4%; Japan with 22.8 billion USD, gaining an increase of 11.9% and a share of 6.9%; Taiwan with 20.8 billion USD, achieving a rise of 24.4%, accounting for 6.2%; EU with 16.8 billion USD, going up by 14.4%, accounting for 5% (the import value data with EU has excluded the UK since 2020); the US with 15.3 billion USD, jumping up by 11.4%, accounting for 4.6%; Thailand with 12.6 billion USD, climbing up by 14.8%, accounting for 3.8%.
 
The trade balance of goods in 2021 experienced a trade surplus of 3.32 billion USD, of which the domestic economic sector witnessed a trade deficit of 25.07 billion USD; the FDI sector saw a trade surplus of 28.39 billion USD. Trade deficit from the China, Korea and ASEAN market in 2021 was 54.6 billion USD; 34.4 billion USD and 12.2 billion USD, respectively. The trade surplus of the US market in 2021 reached 81 billion USD while this figure of the EU market was 23.2 billion USD.