Vietnam's Trade Sector: A 40-Year Transformation from Low-Value to High-Value Exports
Vietnam's total import-export turnover has surged from approximately $3 billion in 1986 to about $930 billion in 2025. This represents a fundamental shift from low-processing content goods to manufactured and processed industrial products, and a transition from a closed to a highly open economy.
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