The agricultural sector aims to earn 18 billion USD from exports of agro-forestry-fishery products in the final three months of 2026, requiring monthly shipments of nearly 6 billion USD to achieve the annual target of at least 74 billion USD.

Vietnam’s agricultural exports have maintained year-on-year growth since early 2026 despite global conflicts, supply chain disruptions and trade barriers. Businesses have responded by diversifying products and markets.

Vietnam has ample potential to expand agricultural and food exports, but achieving sustainable growth will require a shift from supply-driven exports to meeting market demand, with greater focus on product value, quality and branding, experts say.

Vietnam's agro-forestry-aquatic product exports were estimated at 6.67 billion USD in July 2026, up 1.3% from the previous month and 11.9% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Vietnam should establish a government-level task force to coordinate reforms if it hopes to achieve USD100 billion in agricultural exports by 2027, experts said at a policy forum in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s agricultural sector is targeting export revenue of 73–74 billion USD in 2026, but increasingly severe weather conditions linked to the El Niño phenomenon are expected to pose significant challenges in the second half of the year.

Although Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of nearly $14 billion in the first 5 months of 2026, the agriculture sector continued to stand out as a major contributor to external trade, generating a surplus of $7.5 billion.

LuLu Group International, operator of LuLu Hypermarket chain, is stepping up imports of Vietnamese products, signalling growing confidence among Middle Eastern partners in Vietnam’s manufacturing capabilities, product quality and supply reliability.

Vietnam’s export turnover of agro-forestry-fishery products reached an estimated 23.04 billion USD in the first four months of 2026, up 5.4% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Domestic agricultural enterprises are exerting efforts to maintain their standing in key export markets to avoid dependence on certain markets, especially the US.

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports reached 16.69 billion USD in the first three months of 2026, up 5.9% year-on-year, announced a regular press briefing held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment in Hanoi on April 1.

In recent years, the sector has shifted from a production-oriented mindset to an agricultural economic approach. Instead of focusing mainly on output, it now prioritises quality, added value and brand building.

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports reached a record 70.09 billion USD in 2025, underscoring the sector’s growing role in the national economy.

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product export turnover in January was estimated at nearly 6.51 billion USD, up 29.5% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports reached a record 70.09 billion USD in 2025, underscoring the sector’s growing role in the national economy.

Hanoi’s agricultural and forestry exports were estimated to exceed $2 billion in 2025, maintaining steady growth and reinforcing the capital’s role in the national agricultural supply chain.

Vietnam currently ranks third in the world in cassava exports, but its cassava supply chain continues to face significant challenges, heard a meeting held in Hanoi on January 28.

Despite global uncertainty in 2025, the agriculture and environment sector fulfilled and exceeded all nine targets assigned by the Government.

Despite a year riddled with challenges, Vietnam’s agriculture sector defied global and domestic odds to close 2025 with a historic export value of $70 billion, far exceeding the $65 billion target set earlier in the year.