August 25, 2025
Currency: Vietnam Dong steady, repos shrink, interbank rates climb, Monday
The State Bank of Vietnam set the central exchange rate at VND 25,291 per US$1 on August 25, down 7 dong from August 22. The dong held stable in unofficial markets, with the black-market mid-rate unchanged at VND 26,545 per US$1, widening the gap with Google Finance’s mid-market rate to 0.91 percent.
Stock market: Vietnam’s VN-Index drops nearly 2 percent, foreign investors net sell US$68 million, Monday
Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index closed at 1,614.03 points on August 25, down 31.44 points or 1.91 percent, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Total market trading value reached VND 42.27 trillion or US$1.63 billion.
Agriculture: China, Cambodia Vietnam’s top export destinations for animal fodder in July 2025
Vietnam’s animal fodder and materials exports totaled $138,635,092 in July 2025, according to the latest data from Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. This represents a significant 30.79 percent increase compared to June. This strong performance contributed to a year-to-date total of $741,356,192.
Resources: Australia, Japan top export destinations for Vietnam crude oil in July
Vietnam’s crude oil exports reached $138,569,560 in July 2025, according to the latest data from Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. This represents a significant 93.32 percent increase compared to June.
Agriculture: Vietnam’s pepper exports fall 9.96 percent in July
Vietnam’s pepper exports reached $142,126,219 in July 2025, according to the latest data from Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. This represents a -9.96 percent decrease compared to June, which contributed to a year-to-date total of $989,784,384.
Manufacturing: Vietnam exports US$179 millions in plastics in July 2025
Vietnam’s plastics exports reached $178,865,452 in July 2025, according to the latest data from Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. This represents a -3.65 percent decrease compared to June, which contributed to a year-to-date total of $1,363,096,085.
Retail: Thailand’s Central Retail’s Vietnam revenue grows in dong, falls in baht
Thailand’s Central Retail reported Vietnam revenues of nearly THB24.6 billion (US$756.7 million) in the first half of 2025, The Investor has reported. This is down 7 percent year-on-year when measured in Thai baht but up 2 percent in Vietnamese dong, according to its Q2 financial results.
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