Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery sector has set a new benchmark, posting an estimated US$64.01 billion in export earnings in the first 11 months of 2025, a 12.6% rise year on year and already higher than 2024’s figure of US$62.4 billion, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) reported.

Vietnam earned US$410.7 million from livestock exports in the first eight months of 2025, up 24.5% year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global trade bottlenecks and disruptions, but livestock exports are still growing strongly. With export turnover of US$1.23 billion in 2020, livestock is the new export strength of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese livestock exports have witnessed robust growth in recent times across several major markets, with the export value rising 34.7% to US$89 million during the first quarter of the year, according to the Department of Livestock Production.