Asia
Vietnam
What comes out of the ground here, what is still in it, and who operates the assets.
11 materials produced
0 mines in the atlas
0 plants in the atlas
Export controls in force.
Export ban: Raw materials of iron, lead-zinc, chromite, manganese, apatite, and rare earths and deeply processed titanium (2012).
(USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, table 4 — as of January 2026)
What it produces
Maps →USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · 2025 (estimated) · each row keeps the unit the source uses for that commodity · source ↗
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| Material | Series | Production | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cement | Cement production | 100,000 | thousand metric tons | 2.6% |
| Tin | Mine production | 11,000 | metric tons | 3.8% |
| Bauxite | Bauxite, mine production | 3,800 | thousand metric dry tons | 0.9% |
| Phosphate Rock | Mine production | 3,000 | thousand metric tons | 1.2% |
| Tungsten | Mine production | 3,000 | metric tons | 3.5% |
| Alumina | Alumina, refinery production | 1,500 | thousand metric dry tons | 1.0% |
| Nitrogen (Ammonia) | Plant production | 1,400 | thousand metric tons | 0.9% |
| Graphite | Mine production | 500.0 | metric tons | 0.0% |
| Antimony | Mine production | 220.0 | metric tons | 0.2% |
| Fluorspar | Mine production | 160.0 | thousand metric tons | 1.6% |
| Rare Earths (all) | Mine production | 150.0 | metric tons | 0.0% |
What it holds in reserve
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · reserves as most recently published
| Material | Series | Reserves | Unit | Share of world |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphite | Reserves | 9,700,000 | metric tons | 3.1% |
| Rare Earths (all) | Reserves | 3,500,000 | metric tons | 4.1% |
| Bauxite | Bauxite reserves | 3,100,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 10.7% |
| Tungsten | Reserves | 170,000 | metric tons | 3.6% |
| Antimony | Reserves | 54,000 | metric tons | 2.7% |
| Phosphate Rock | Reserves | 30,000 | thousand metric tons | 0.0% |
| Tin | Reserves | 23,000 | metric tons | 0.4% |
| Fluorspar | Reserves | 16,000 | thousand metric tons | 4.8% |
Journeys that pass through Vietnam
All journeys →Material that is dug up here, refined here, or simply crosses the border on its way somewhere else.
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USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · major U.S. import sources, 2021–2024