Largest market shown
Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks
$17.2B of latest reported imports and $17.1B of calculated three-year opportunity.
Importer opportunity guide
Viet Nam import opportunities
where to source next
Explore Viet Nam's import market by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and sourcing gaps. Use reported market size and calculated indicators to decide where deeper supplier research may be useful.
Latest imports$381.2B2024 reported value
Import CAGR+4.2%Three-year reported change
GDP$476.4BLatest reported value
GDP per capita$4.7KLatest reported value
Trade openness301.9%Reported share of GDP
Viet Nam import opportunities
What makes this an attractive import market?
Compare market size and growth with supplier concentration. A large market may still need product, quality, tariff, logistics, and buyer validation.
Current import base
$381.2B in imports
Viet Nam recorded $381.2B in imports in 2024, with a three-year change of +4.2%.
How to use the guide
Compare demand with supply
Start with the highest-value products, then review supplier concentration and market conditions before choosing a sourcing route.
Import market overview
Find products where demand and sourcing options meet
This page separates reported import observations from calculated indicators so market size is not mistaken for a guaranteed sourcing opportunity.
Viet Nam imports products from suppliers across major trade regions. The current profile reports $381.2B of imports in 2024, while the opportunity view highlights product and supplier combinations where market demand and supply context may justify further research.
Use the opportunity table to compare product market size, demand growth, supplier counts, concentration, and projected imports. High concentration can indicate reliance on a small supplier base; it can also reflect specialized products that require careful validation.
Top import opportunities
Products and supplier context to review
The top 50 screened products are ranked by calculated three-year opportunity. Reported market values and calculated indicators are labeled separately.
| Rank | Product | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration | Top supplier | Projected imports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HS 851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $17.2BLatest imports | +26.8% | 56 | 4655 | KORDeclining | $33.6B |
| 2 | HS 270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $7.1BLatest imports | +46.6% | 10 | 7753 | KWTDeclining | $13.9B |
| 3 | HS 851770Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $11.7BLatest imports | +20.7% | 61 | 4682 | CHNDeclining | $20.5B |
| 4 | HS 854232Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $12.4BLatest imports | +29.9% | 42 | 4070 | KORGrowing | $24.2B |
| 5 | HS 854239Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $21.0BLatest imports | +22.2% | 62 | 2160 | KORDeclining | $38.4B |
| 6 | HS 854231Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $26.7BLatest imports | +25.9% | 59 | 1409 | KORStable | $52.2B |
| 7 | HS 850760Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $4.2BLatest imports | +36.5% | 43 | 6273 | CHNDeclining | $8.2B |
| 8 | HS 853400Circuits: printed | $5.1BLatest imports | +25.0% | 53 | 3653 | CHNDeclining | $10.0B |
| 9 | HS 270112Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $4.2BLatest imports | +39.5% | 13 | 4687 | AUSDeclining | $8.1B |
| 10 | HS 852990Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors | $4.4BLatest imports | +18.1% | 51 | 4276 | CHNDeclining | $7.3B |
| 11 | HS 271019Product description unavailable | $7.4BLatest imports | +7.7% | 64 | 2348 | KORDeclining | $9.2B |
| 12 | HS 847330Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $2.9BLatest imports | +16.7% | 53 | 4893 | CHNDeclining | $4.6B |
| 13 | HS 100590Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $2.9BLatest imports | +27.3% | 21 | 3523 | ARGDeclining | $5.6B |
| 14 | HS 270119Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $1.8BLatest imports | +50.4% | 13 | 6378 | IDNGrowing | $3.6B |
| 15 | HS 853690Electrical apparatus: n.e.s. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $2.5BLatest imports | +20.5% | 68 | 3906 | CHNDeclining | $4.3B |
| 16 | HS 720839Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $2.7BLatest imports | +17.6% | 19 | 3661 | CHNDeclining | $4.4B |
| 17 | HS 230400Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $2.5BLatest imports | +16.3% | 18 | 4509 | ARGDeclining | $3.9B |
| 18 | HS 392690Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $2.2BLatest imports | +16.8% | 81 | 4464 | CHNDeclining | $3.5B |
| 19 | HS 600410Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread | $1.8BLatest imports | +22.1% | 41 | 5046 | CHNSlowing | $3.3B |
| 20 | HS 720838Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm | $1.5BLatest imports | +22.7% | 20 | 5924 | CHNDeclining | $2.8B |
| 21 | HS 850440Electrical static converters | $1.5BLatest imports | +20.5% | 68 | 6103 | CHNDeclining | $2.6B |
| 22 | HS 260111Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $1.5BLatest imports | +78.5% | 11 | 4850 | AUSGrowing | $2.9B |
| 23 | HS 271012Product description unavailable | $2.4BLatest imports | +11.4% | 24 | 3981 | SGPDeclining | $3.3B |
| 24 | HS 732690Iron or steel: articles n.e.s. in heading no. 7326 | $1.7BLatest imports | +17.1% | 74 | 4881 | CHNAccelerating | $2.7B |
| 25 | HS 100610Cereals: rice in the husk (paddy or rough) | $990.7MLatest imports | +21.1% | 7 | 9567 | KHMSlowing | $1.8B |
| 26 | HS 080131Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, in shell, fresh or dried | $2.3BLatest imports | +25.1% | 24 | 2453 | KHMDeclining | $4.5B |
| 27 | HS 381800Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | $840.8MLatest imports | +46.5% | 17 | 9726 | CHNGrowing | $1.6B |
| 28 | HS 847130Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $951.4MLatest imports | +18.0% | 52 | 8969 | CHNDeclining | $1.6B |
| 29 | HS 520100Cotton: not carded or combed | $2.9BLatest imports | +16.5% | 46 | 2638 | AUSDeclining | $4.6B |
| 30 | HS 071410Vegetable roots and tubers: manioc (cassava), with high starch or inulin content, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, fresh or dried | $764.4MLatest imports | +75.0% | 5 | 9071 | KHMDeclining | $1.5B |
| 31 | HS 721913Steel, stainless: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm | $1.0BLatest imports | +29.2% | 14 | 5149 | IDNDeclining | $2.0B |
| 32 | HS 600622Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, dyed | $1.1BLatest imports | +19.7% | 37 | 5134 | CHNAccelerating | $2.0B |
| 33 | HS 720449Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $1.6BLatest imports | +23.5% | 38 | 2546 | JPNDeclining | $3.1B |
| 34 | HS 854442Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors | $911.8MLatest imports | +22.8% | 69 | 6416 | CHNDeclining | $1.7B |
| 35 | HS 851762Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $1.4BLatest imports | +17.8% | 67 | 3387 | CHNDeclining | $2.3B |
| 36 | HS 710812Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $815.6MLatest imports | +22.4% | 15 | 7332 | HKGGrowing | $1.5B |
| 37 | HS 760612Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $1.1BLatest imports | +21.0% | 38 | 4761 | CHNDeclining | $2.0B |
| 38 | HS 600632Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed | $1.4BLatest imports | +16.3% | 51 | 4058 | CHNDeclining | $2.1B |
| 39 | HS 854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $2.3BLatest imports | +28.3% | 63 | 1868 | JPNDeclining | $4.5B |
| 40 | HS 847989Machines and mechanical appliances: n.e.s. in item no. 8479.8, having individual functions | $1.7BLatest imports | +14.6% | 66 | 3122 | CHNDeclining | $2.6B |
| 41 | HS 847160Units of automatic data processing machines: input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing | $703.7MLatest imports | +33.1% | 52 | 7379 | CHNDeclining | $1.4B |
| 42 | HS 761699Aluminium: n.e.c. in heading no. 7616 | $824.7MLatest imports | +20.2% | 60 | 6758 | CHNSlowing | $1.4B |
| 43 | HS 400129Rubber: natural (excluding latex, technically specified natural rubber and smoked sheets), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $638.8MLatest imports | +26.7% | 23 | 7756 | KHMDeclining | $1.2B |
| 44 | HS 870322Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $1.2BLatest imports | +16.1% | 15 | 4313 | IDNSlowing | $1.8B |
| 45 | HS 880240Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $824.2MLatest imports | +18.9% | 8 | 6508 | DEUDeclining | $1.4B |
| 46 | HS 020230Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $778.3MLatest imports | +29.5% | 26 | 5155 | INDGrowing | $1.5B |
| 47 | HS 120190Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $1.1BLatest imports | +22.7% | 18 | 4106 | BRADeclining | $2.1B |
| 48 | HS 854449Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 80 volts, not fitted with connectors | $1.2BLatest imports | +15.3% | 59 | 3555 | CHNDeclining | $1.8B |
| 49 | HS 950300Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $600.7MLatest imports | +19.7% | 49 | 9319 | CHNDeclining | $1.0B |
| 50 | HS 151190Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $1.1BLatest imports | +12.6% | 9 | 5309 | IDNDeclining | $1.6B |
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Product sectors
Which sectors carry the most demand?
HS2 sectors group the screened products into broader families for an easier first comparison.
| Sector | Products | Market size | Opportunity | Average growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical equipmentHS2 85 | 14 | $112.6B | $89.4B | +23.6% |
| Mineral fuelsHS2 27 | 3 | $13.1B | $20.3B | +45.5% |
| Iron and steelHS2 72 | 4 | $6.9B | $7.4B | +23.2% |
| MachineryHS2 84 | 4 | $6.3B | $7.0B | +20.6% |
| HS2 sector 00HS2 00 | 2 | $9.8B | $5.6B | +9.6% |
| Knitted fabricsHS2 60 | 3 | $4.3B | $4.9B | +19.4% |
| CerealsHS2 10 | 2 | $3.9B | $4.5B | +24.2% |
| AluminiumHS2 76 | 2 | $1.9B | $2.4B | +20.6% |
| Food industry residuesHS2 23 | 1 | $2.5B | $2.4B | +16.3% |
| PlasticsHS2 39 | 1 | $2.2B | $2.3B | +16.8% |
| Ores, slag and ashHS2 26 | 1 | $1.5B | $2.0B | +78.5% |
| Articles of iron or steelHS2 73 | 1 | $1.7B | $1.9B | +17.1% |
Supply gaps
Where supplier concentration deserves attention
The concentration index helps identify products where reported imports rely more heavily on a smaller supplier base. It is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.
| Product | Market size | Suppliers | Concentration | Top supplier | Share gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HS 381800Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | $840.8M | 17 | 9726 | CHN | 98.6% |
| HS 100610Cereals: rice in the husk (paddy or rough) | $990.7M | 7 | 9567 | KHM | 97.8% |
| HS 950300Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $600.7M | 49 | 9319 | CHN | 96.5% |
| HS 071410Vegetable roots and tubers: manioc (cassava), with high starch or inulin content, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, fresh or dried | $764.4M | 5 | 9071 | KHM | 95.1% |
| HS 847130Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $951.4M | 52 | 8969 | CHN | 94.7% |
| HS 400129Rubber: natural (excluding latex, technically specified natural rubber and smoked sheets), in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip | $638.8M | 23 | 7756 | KHM | 87.7% |
| HS 270900Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $7.1B | 10 | 7753 | KWT | 87.9% |
| HS 847160Units of automatic data processing machines: input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing | $703.7M | 52 | 7379 | CHN | 85.4% |
Supplier landscape
Which supplier markets appear most often?
These supplier names come from the leading peer signal in the screened opportunity rows and should be validated at product level.
CHN
China
24 screened products
$62.2BCalculated opportunity across these rowsKOR
Republic of Korea
5 screened products
$55.4BCalculated opportunity across these rowsKWT
Kuwait
1 screened products
$12.2BCalculated opportunity across these rowsAUS
Australia
3 screened products
$8.8BCalculated opportunity across these rowsIDN
Indonesia
4 screened products
$6.2BCalculated opportunity across these rowsKHM
Cambodia
4 screened products
$5.9BCalculated opportunity across these rowsARG
Argentina
2 screened products
$5.2BCalculated opportunity across these rowsJPN
Japan
2 screened products
$2.6BCalculated opportunity across these rowsFrequently asked questions
Using the Viet Nam import opportunity index
Definitions and practical guidance for interpreting market size, growth, suppliers, and concentration.
What are the import opportunities?
They are product and supplier combinations in Viet Nam's screened import market with substantial reported demand and calculated opportunity indicators. They are research priorities, not guaranteed savings or supply contracts.
What does supplier concentration mean?
The concentration index indicates how much reported imports rely on a smaller supplier base. A high value can suggest supply dependence, but it can also reflect specialized products or limited reporting.
How should sourcing teams use this page?
Start with products that fit your specification and volume needs, then validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity for Viet Nam.
Data source
OECD trade statistics with CEPII context
OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). OECD BIMTS is the primary trade series for this view. Supporting bilateral trade context uses CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601) under Etalab 2.0 Open Licence. Yugalinks presents derived views of reported observations and calculated indicators. Data terms: OECD Terms & Conditions.