Vietnam imported US$4.85 billion worth of machinery, equipment, tools and instruments in March, up 27.88 percent from February, according to Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. This brought the total year-to-date value to US$12.64 billion.
China was by far the dominant supplier, accounting for US$3.07 billion or over 61 percent of the total, marking a 42.82 percent month-on-month rise. Imports from Japan rose 22.76 percent to US$485.23 million, while those from the USA reached US$93.51 million, up 20.84 percent. Germany, Taiwan, and Malaysia also posted notable increases. In contrast, South Korea and Italy saw declines of 7.41 percent and 39.95 percent respectively.
See also: Manufacturing in Vietnam
Vietnam machinery imports, March, US$ millions
| March | February | MoM | YTD | % of Total | |
| Total | 4,849.25 | 3,791.90 | 27.88% | 12,635.40 | 100.00% |
| Other | 60.99 | 60.33 | 1.08% | 178.43 | 1.41% |
| China | 3,074.83 | 2,152.96 | 42.82% | 7,771.11 | 61.50% |
| Japan | 485.23 | 395.26 | 22.76% | 1,227.70 | 9.72% |
| South Korea | 364.38 | 393.54 | -7.41% | 1,098.12 | 8.69% |
| Taiwan | 127.20 | 99.27 | 28.12% | 336.27 | 2.66% |
| Germany | 126.19 | 111.41 | 13.26% | 327.48 | 2.59% |
| Thailand | 95.77 | 95.59 | 0.19% | 254.93 | 2.02% |
| USA | 93.51 | 77.39 | 20.84% | 240.73 | 1.91% |
| Malaysia | 63.82 | 52.07 | 22.57% | 189.51 | 1.50% |
| India | 42.03 | 35.80 | 17.39% | 110.22 | 0.87% |
| Italy | 26.49 | 44.10 | -39.95% | 103.91 | 0.82% |
| Philippines | 31.35 | 26.32 | 19.13% | 81.29 | 0.64% |
| Hong Kong | 19.76 | 27.69 | -28.63% | 72.01 | 0.57% |
| UK | 23.50 | 15.64 | 50.31% | 60.47 | 0.48% |
| Singapore | 22.65 | 15.87 | 42.76% | 53.88 | 0.43% |
| Indonesia | 19.08 | 20.32 | -6.12% | 51.83 | 0.41% |
| Netherlands | 13.15 | 13.79 | -4.58% | 42.96 | 0.34% |
| Norway | 18.08 | 14.58 | 23.95% | 42.74 | 0.34% |
| Mexico | 12.56 | 14.64 | -14.15% | 39.92 | 0.32% |
| France | 13.08 | 15.04 | -13.02% | 38.04 | 0.30% |
| Sweden | 22.16 | 7.13 | 210.71% | 37.13 | 0.29% |
| Switzerland | 10.82 | 11.14 | -2.84% | 34.66 | 0.27% |
| Belgium | 8.67 | 17.07 | -49.21% | 30.72 | 0.24% |
| Austria | 7.60 | 10.82 | -29.70% | 27.43 | 0.22% |
| Czech Republic | 10.48 | 7.30 | 43.58% | 24.35 | 0.19% |
| Finland | 5.68 | 6.62 | -14.16% | 20.63 | 0.16% |
| Spain | 10.79 | 6.57 | 64.27% | 20.58 | 0.16% |
| Hungary | 4.07 | 3.35 | 21.70% | 15.76 | 0.12% |
| Israel | 3.66 | 6.75 | -45.77% | 14.38 | 0.11% |
| Turkey | 6.00 | 4.59 | 30.78% | 14.34 | 0.11% |
| Canada | 4.13 | 7.36 | -43.92% | 13.30 | 0.11% |
| Denmark | 5.02 | 3.73 | 34.65% | 11.94 | 0.09% |
| Ireland | 3.52 | 3.27 | 7.64% | 10.69 | 0.08% |
| Poland | 3.57 | 4.25 | -15.89% | 10.32 | 0.08% |
| Cambodia | 2.39 | 2.75 | -12.87% | 7.16 | 0.06% |
| Australia | 1.83 | 1.88 | -2.45% | 5.72 | 0.05% |
| Russia | 1.26 | 2.05 | -38.29% | 5.34 | 0.04% |
| Brazil | 2.15 | 1.21 | 78.42% | 3.71 | 0.03% |
| New Zealand | 0.47 | 0.88 | -46.65% | 1.52 | 0.01% |
| South Africa | 0.16 | 0.13 | 26.10% | 1.19 | 0.01% |
| UAE | 0.65 | 0.33 | 99.96% | 1.04 | 0.01% |
| Iceland | 0.08 | 0.76 | -88.78% | 0.85 | 0.01% |
| Lithuania | 0.29 | 0.13 | 116.96% | 0.60 | 0.00% |
| Belarus | 0.05 | 0.11 | -50.90% | 0.22 | 0.00% |
| Ukraine | 0.04 | 0.12 | -67.47% | 0.21 | 0.00% |
| Bangladesh | 0.03 | 0.03 | -2.59% | 0.08 | 0.00% |