Vietnam’s agriculture, forestry, and fisheries exports reached US$39.68 billion in the first seven months of this year, a 14.7% year-on-year increase, with a trade surplus of US$11.52 billion, up 15.9%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau is stepping up efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing while continuing to support local fishermen in improving the efficiency and sustainability of their operations.

Following a strong rebound in the first half of 2025, Vietnam’s fisheries industry is navigating both opportunities and headwinds as it works to achieve its full-year export target of US$10.5 billion, up 4.3% year-on-year.

Despite mounting global political and trade tensions as well as US tariff adjustments, Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery sector had a promising start, achieving an export revenue of some US$33.5 billion, and is gearing towards the target of US$65 billion for the whole year.

Vietnam’s total agro-forestry-fishery trade in the first half of 2025 is estimated at US$57 billion, with exports reaching US$33.5 billion, up 14.3% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Minister for Environmental Protection and Green Transition of Croatia Marija Vučković co-chaired a panel discussion themed “Fostering sustainable fisheries management including supporting small-scale fishers” in Nice, France, on June 11 (local time).

Vietnam shipped US$6.28 billion worth of agro-forestry-fishery products abroad in May, propelling the cumulative total for the first five months of the year to US$28.04 billion, a year-on-year increase of 19.6% and 15.1%, respectively, heard a press conference in Hanoi on June 3.

The agricultural, forestry and fisheries sector posted US$5.18 billion trade surplus in the first four months of 2025, a year‑on‑year drop of 4.1%, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MoAE) announced on May 5.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has set a target for the agro-forestry-fishery sector to grow by at least 4% in 2025, with export turnover expected to reach US$65 billion, striving for US$70 billion.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 6.93% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year, the highest Q1 rate since 2020, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported at a press conference in Hanoi on April 6.