The agriculture sector became the economy's bright spot in the first seven months of this year, posting a trade surplus of US$3.9 billion in the period.

VOV.VN - Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the export value of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products during the opening seven months of the year reached US$28.6 billion, representing an annual rise of 26.7%, according to the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development (MARD).

Export turnover in agriculture, forestry and fisheries reached US$24.23 billion in the first half of 2021, up 28.2% year-on-year.

The total export turnover of agricultural, forestry and aquaculture products reached US$24.23 billion in the first six months of 2021, an increase of 28.2% compared to the same period of 2020, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year grew by 6.61% against the same period from last year, despite the impact of the latest COVID-19 outbreak beginning in late April, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Vietnam raked in approximately US$17.15 billion from agro-forestry-fishery exports over the past four months, representing a year on year increase of 24.2%, according to the latest updates provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Shipments of products from the processing industry brought in about US$67.39 billion in the first quarter of this year, representing 87.13% of Vietnam’s total export value during the period.

VOV.VN - The United States surpassed China to become the largest importer of Vietnamese agricultural products during the initial two months of the year, with export turnover reaching over US$2 billion, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Import-export value of agro-forestry-fisheries products hit nearly US$11 billion in the first two months of 2021, resulting in US$1.37 million in trade surplus, up 28.4% year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has approved a scheme aiming to increase Vietnam’s agro-forestry and fishery export value to between US$ 60-62 billion by 2030.