Vietnam’s exports of rice reached US$408.22 million in May 2025, according to figures released by Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. This represents a significant decrease of 27.13 percent compared to April, bringing the year-to-date (YTD) export value to US$2.17 billion.

Top Markets and Notable Increases:

Mozambique saw an impressive surge of 100.46 percent, reaching US$5.78 million.
The USA recorded a substantial increase of 122.22 percent to US$5.69 million.
Cambodia exports jumped by 59.93 percent.
Spain saw a dramatic rise of 334.42 percent, albeit from a smaller base.
Angola increased by 272.21 percent.
Ukraine also showed strong growth of 34.17 percent.
Malaysia and Singapore registered slight increases.
Netherlands saw a 14.48% increase.
South Africa increased by 31.34%.
Iraq and Brunei Darussalam also appeared as new export markets in May.

Significant Declines:

Ivory Coast experienced the sharpest decline, plummeting by 68.05 percent.
China exports fell by 60.76 percent.
Senegal saw a drastic decrease of 97.92 percent.
Poland dropped by 57.95 percent.
Taiwan decreased by 44.42 percent.
Russia exports fell by 41.30 percent.
France saw a 36.26 percent decrease.
Philippines, despite remaining the largest market, saw exports drop by 12.47 percent.
Ghana, UAE, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia also experienced notable declines.
Notably, there were no exports to Bangladesh, Belgium, or Turkey in May, after significant exports in April.

Vietnam exports of rice, May 2025, US$ millions

	May	April	MoM	YTD	% of YTD
Total	408.22	560.23	-27.13%	2,171.50	100.00%
Other	31.50	38.87	-18.96%	0.00	0.00%
Philippines	212.43	242.68	-12.47%	942.01	43.38%
Ghana	52.66	68.81	-23.47%	227.60	10.48%
China	26.28	66.97	-60.76%	208.94	9.62%
Ivory Coast	21.40	66.97	-68.05%	231.87	10.68%
Malaysia	20.35	20.27	0.37%	93.41	4.30%
Singapore	10.50	10.32	1.72%	42.62	1.96%
Mozambique	5.78	2.89	100.46%	20.96	0.97%
USA	5.69	2.56	122.22%	16.23	0.75%
Cambodia	3.28	2.05	59.93%	13.42	0.62%
Hong Kong	3.13	3.42	-8.62%	15.57	0.72%
UAE	3.06	4.21	-27.19%	16.69	0.77%
Australia	2.44	2.98	-18.03%	11.75	0.54%
Netherlands	1.86	1.63	14.48%	5.27	0.24%
Saudi Arabia	1.84	2.27	-18.84%	8.97	0.41%
Tanzania	1.46	0.00	0.00%	2.12	0.10%
Taiwan	1.02	1.84	-44.42%	5.50	0.25%
Indonesia	0.89	1.03	-13.90%	8.23	0.38%
South Africa	0.76	0.58	31.34%	2.57	0.12%
Poland	0.70	1.67	-57.95%	4.28	0.20%
Spain	0.32	0.07	334.42%	0.88	0.04%
Russia	0.24	0.41	-41.30%	1.63	0.08%
France	0.19	0.30	-36.26%	1.45	0.07%
Senegal	0.16	7.52	-97.92%	25.83	1.19%
Angola	0.11	0.03	272.21%	0.31	0.01%
Ukraine	0.09	0.07	34.17%	0.32	0.01%
Chile	0.03	0.12	-72.32%	1.99	0.09%
Iraq	0.02	0.02	0.57%	0.10	0.00%
Brunei Darussalam	0.02	0.00	0.00%	0.04	0.00%
Bangladesh	0.00	9.54	-100.00%	49.73	2.29%
Belgium	0.00	0.04	-100.00%	0.04	0.00%
Turkey	0.00	0.09	-100.00%	6.25	0.29%

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