Nestlé Vietnam in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has launched a project on sustainable coffee farming under the agro-forestry model in Vietnam, aiming to plant more than 2.3 million trees by 2027.

Agriculture remains a bright spot in the overall gloomy export picture in the first five months of this year, with agro-forestry-aquaculture export turnover in May rising 9.5% month-on-month and 8.5% year-on-year to reach US$2.9 billion.

Although the aquaculture industry have been facing many challenges, it continues to receive support from the Government, Director in charge of communications of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) Le Hang told Lao dong newspaper.

With the ongoing recovery momentum of agro-forestry-aquatic product exports in recent months, the export turnover of the sector is expected to enjoy a rebound and achieve growth again from the fourth quarter, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

VOV.VN - Agro-forestry and fishery exports earned a total of US$20.26 billion during the past five months of the year, of which rice represented a bright spot in the nation’s overall export turnover.

Vietnam earned some US$15.66 billion from agro-forestry-aquatic product exports in the first four months of 2023, down 13.3% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 13 told the forestry and seafood industries to increase product quality and competitive capacity toward earning US$17.5 billion and US$10 billion in export turnover respectively this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s export of several key agro-forestry-aquatic products endured a sharp drop on the impact of rising inflation globally, causing its first-quarter export turnover to decline by 14.4% year on year to US$11.2 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VAF) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) jointly organised a forum aimed at marking the International Day of Forests running with the theme of “Healthy Forests for Healthy People” on March 21 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - China surpassed the United States to become the largest consumer of Vietnamese agricultural products, spending US$1.27 billion on imports, in the first two months of the year.