With key agricultural products such as lychee, durian, mango, longan and dragon fruit entering the peak harvest season, Vietnamese authorities are stepping up efforts to streamline customs clearance at border gates to prevent congestion and market oversupply.
VOV.VN - Spain posted the strongest growth in timber and wood product imports from Vietnam among the country’s top 15 export markets during the January-May period, with a year-on-year 64% increase.
Vietnam’s aquatic product exports in the early months of 2025 have continued to show steady growth, although performance has varied across product segments and markets, amid mounting challenges posed by reciprocal tariff measures of the US.
The overseas Vietnamese (OV) community is increasingly recognised as a key force and an effective distribution channel, driving the growth of Vietnam’s exports, thereby enhancing the country’s cultural outreach and economic standing on the global stage.
Vietnam's agro-forestry-aquatic product exports reached US$6.14 billion in March, bringing the total export value in the first quarter of this year to US$15.72 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13.1%.
Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fisheries exports reached an estimated US$4.4 billion in February, marking a 37.2% increase compared to the same period last year, pushing the total value in the first two months of 2025 to US$9.38 billion, up 8.3% year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MoAE).
Vietnam shipped US$774.3 million worth of aquatic products abroad in January, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
VOV.VN - This year’s forestry exports are estimated to have climbed to US$17.3 billion, a record high figure, up 19.4% from 2023, according to the Vietnam Administration of Forestry.
Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product exports are projected to surpass US$62 billion this year, with a record trade surplus of US$18.6 billion, marking a new milestone for the sector.
Vietnam’s agricultural product exports are on track to achieve an unprecedented milestone, with projected revenue reaching US$60-61 billion this year, up US$7-8 billion compared to 2023.