Hanoi, Jan. 8 -- In 2025, Vietnam-Japan trade exceeded 50 billion USD for the first time, marking a key milestone in bilateral trade growth and reaffirming Japan as one of Vietnam's most important and stable trading partners amid global economic uncertainty.

Citing statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan noted total trade between the two nations surged by 11.28% year-on-year to 51.43 billion USD last year.

Of the figure, Vietnam's exports to Japan amounted to 26.77 billion USD, up 8.77%, while the country spent 24.68 billion USD on imports from Japan, up 14.13%. As a result, Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 2.09 billion USD with Japan last year.

Vietnam's main export items to Japan...