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.

Vietnam is pushing forward with efforts to establish a legal framework for the forest carbon market, aiming to mobilise new financial resources for sustainable forestry and climate goals.

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.

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.

Although Vietnam saw positive results in the export of wood and wooden products in first quarter of this year, breakthrough measures are needed for the country to overcome global economic headwinds and achieve the yearly export target of US$18 billion.

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.

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’s export value of agro-forestry-aquatic products was estimated at US$5.08 billion in January, marking a 4.9% decline compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).