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The Industry Overviews category provides comprehensive reports, market analysis, and sector-specific insights. It explores key trends, competitive landscapes, regulatory challenges, and growth opportunities, serving as a resource for businesses, investors, and policymakers tracking various industries.
Vietnam Footwear Manufacturing 2025: Key Trends, Exports, and Opportunities
Vietnam footwear manufacturers count themselves as part of one of the biggest footwear manufacturing industries in the world. Trailing only India and China, this relatively small country exported footwear to the tune of US$19.94 billion in 2023, made for some of the most well-known footwear brands.
Vietnam’s Dairy Market 2025: Imports, Production, and Key Players
Looking ahead, the dairy industry in Vietnam is poised for continued expansion. Factors such as rising consumer awareness of dairy’s nutritional benefits, coupled with increasing urbanisation and changing dietary habits, are expected to fuel demand. However, the industry must also address challenges related to milk quality, supply chain efficiency, and competition to sustain its growth momentum.
Vietnam Garment Manufacturing 2025: Trends, Exports, Challenges & More
Vietnam garment manufacturing has come a long way in not so many years. Vietnam now exports billions of dollars worth of textiles and garments all over the world every year and the industry is still recording decent growth.
Vietnam Electronics Manufacturing: Key Drivers, Exports & Locations
Vietnam has emerged as a major electronics manufacturing hub, attracting significant investments from global companies like Samsung, LG, and Intel. The northern region, particularly Bac Ninh and Thai Nguyen provinces, is the primary centre for production, responsible for nearly half of Samsung’s global smartphone output. The southern region, centred around Ho Chi Minh City, is home to Intel’s largest chip assembly plant, contributing to Vietnam’s growing role in the global semiconductor industry.
Vietnam Ceramics Manufacturing: Industry Overview 2025
Ceramic tile manufacturing has become a key industry in Vietnam and ceramic tiles have become a key export. With this in mind, this article looks at Vietnam’s ceramics market, ceramics exports, and ceramics manufacturers.
Vietnam’s Education Industry 2025: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
Vietnam’s education industry has experienced significant transformation and growth over the past few decades, positioning the country as a rising star in Southeast Asia. In 2025, the education sector continues to be a critical area of focus for the government as it seeks to support rapid economic growth, modernise its workforce, and integrate into the global economy. This overview outlines the key trends, challenges, and developments shaping Vietnam’s education industry in 2024.
Vietnam’s Food and Beverage Industry 2025: Market Trends, Exports, and Key Players
Vietnam’s food and beverage–or F&B–industry has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, driven by a combination of factors including rapid urbanisation, rising disposable incomes, and a burgeoning middle class. The country’s rich culinary heritage, coupled with increasing consumer demand for diverse and convenient food options, has created a dynamic and promising market.
Vietnam’s Cement Industry 2025: Growth, Exports & Key Players
Vietnam’s cement industry has emerged as a critical sector in the nation’s industrial development, driven by rapid urbanisation and infrastructure expansion. As one of the world’s largest cement producers, Vietnam benefits from abundant raw materials and a growing domestic and regional market. However, the sector faces challenges such as overcapacity and fluctuating global demand, which have created a highly competitive environment.
Vietnam’s Cashew Nut Industry 2025: Exports, Challenges, and Growth Trends
Vietnam is the world’s leading producer and exporter of cashew nuts, contributing over 50 percent of the global supply. The industry plays a significant role in the country’s economy, generating billions of US dollars in export revenue annually. This article provides a brief overview of how it all works.
Vietnam’s Fabric Manufacturing Industry 2025: Key Products, Trends & Imports
Vietnam’s fabric manufacturing industry plays an essential role in supporting the country’s textile and garment sector, which is a major contributor to the economy. In 2024, the industry is experiencing steady growth, driven by demand from both domestic and international markets. As one of the world’s largest garment exporters, Vietnam relies heavily on fabric manufacturing to meet the needs of its apparel industry and reduce dependency on imported materials.
Glassware Industry in Vietnam: Overview 2025
Vietnam’s glassware industry has been steadily growing, driven by increasing domestic demand, export opportunities, and advancements in manufacturing technology. The sector encompasses a wide range of products, including household glassware, decorative items, glass packaging, and industrial glass.
Vietnam Food Processing Industry 2025: Growth, Trends & Key Players
The industry is experiencing rising domestic and international demand for packaged, convenient, and value-added food products. Urbanisation, changing consumer preferences, and a growing middle class have fuelled demand for processed food, including dairy, snacks, and ready-to-eat meals. Additionally, Vietnam’s numerous free trade agreements have opened new markets, making the country a competitive supplier of processed food to global markets.
Vietnam’s Crude Oil Industry 2025: Production, Trade & Key Players
Vietnam’s crude oil industry remains a key part of the country’s energy sector and economic landscape, contributing to both domestic energy security and export revenues. In recent years, production levels have faced challenges, prompting efforts to revitalise the sector through new exploration and production projects.
Vietnam’s Creative Industries 2025: Censorship, Regulations & Opportunities
Vietnam’s creative industries are not particularly well developed. Whereas creative industries make up about 5 to 10 percent of global GDP, in Vietnam that figure is only estimated to be about 3 percent. This is for a number of reasons, many of which foreign creatives and investors in creative industries should be aware of when doing business in Vietnam. It’s in this context, that this article runs through a brief overview of how the industry operates.
Vietnam’s Coal Industry 2025: Production, Imports & Future
While coal remains a significant part of the current energy mix, providing over half of the nation’s electricity, the government is under increasing pressure to transition towards cleaner energy sources. This has led to a more cautious approach in approving new coal projects and a greater focus on improving the efficiency and environmental performance of existing plants.
Vietnam Automotive Industry 2025: Growth, Imports & Outlook
Vietnam’s automotive industry has come a long way as middle-class incomes have grown facilitating a shift from motorcycles to cars. However, the automotive industry in Vietnam can be complex, governed by a patchwork of local regulations and free trade agreements. In light of this, this cheat sheet provides a brief overview of Vietnam’s automotive industry touching on the key points foreign firms should be aware of.
Vietnam Aquaculture Industry 2025: Growth, Key Players & Regions
Vietnam’s aquaculture industry has experienced significant growth in recent years, becoming a major contributor to the country’s economy and food security. With its extensive coastline, abundant freshwater resources, and favourable climate, Vietnam possesses ideal conditions for aquaculture development. The industry plays a crucial role in providing a sustainable source of protein, supporting rural livelihoods, and generating foreign exchange.
Vietnam’s Coffee Industry in 2025: Projections, Key Players & Growing Regions
Vietnam continues to be a formidable force in the global coffee industry, maintaining its status as the second-largest coffee exporter in the world, just behind Brazil. Vietnam is particularly renowned for its robusta coffee, which plays a pivotal role in the global market. The country’s robusta production, primarily centred in the Central Highlands, accounts for a significant portion of the global supply, making Vietnam an essential contributor to the international coffee trade…
Vietnam Agriculture Industry Overview 2025: Exports, Challenges, and Growth Trends
Vietnam’s agriculture sector plays a crucial role in the country’s economy, contributing significantly to GDP and employing a large portion of the workforce. It is a diverse sector, encompassing crops, livestock, forestry, and fisheries. The country is a leading global exporter of products such as rice, coffee, and seafood. In recent years, the sector has seen a shift towards higher-value crops and more sustainable farming practices, as the government aims to enhance both productivity and environmental sustainability.
Vietnam’s Animal Feed Industry 2025: Trends, Challenges & Key Players
Vietnam’s animal feed industry is a vital component of the country’s agricultural sector, supporting its rapidly expanding livestock and aquaculture industries. This is driven by rising meat consumption, modern farming practices, and export opportunities in aquaculture, though challenges remain in reducing dependency on imports and enhancing domestic production capacities…
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