Breaking down the figures, agricultural products accounted for 15.29 billion USD, up 16.3% while livestock products totalled 217.2 milion USD, an 11.7% increase.

This year, Vietnam's shrimp industry aims for 1.3-1.4 million tonnes in production and 4-4.3 billion USD in export turnover. Encouragingly, shrimp exports topped 605 million USD in the first two months of this year alone, up 46% year-on-year

With swift production recovery and continued growth, Vietnam's agricultural sector could potentially surpass the 60 billion USD export target, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien on March 14 inspected the implementation of the European Commission (EC)’s recommendations on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Hoai Nhon township, the central coastal province of Binh Dinh.

The 2023 export performance is anticipated to serve as a catalyst for the rice sector, enabling it to explore new markets, strengthen the reputation of Vietnamese rice, enhance national food security, and foster sustainable production and exports in the future.

With recent rosy signs, Vietnam’s aquatic product exports are expected to hit 10 billion USD this year, experts have said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in collaboration with the US Department of Agriculture and CropLife Asia, held a forum in Hanoi on October 18 to discuss the application of sci-tech and innovation toward sustainable agricultural development.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien asked the central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue to continue rolling out concerted solutions to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing during his field trip to the locality on June 7.

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.

The vaccine against African swine fever (ASF) AVAC ASF LIVE developed and produced by AVAC Vietnam Co., Ltd. is expected to be distributed nationwide from February this year, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) of the UK Victoria Prentis on May 25 highlighted the importance of the Vietnam-UK agriculture and rural development cooperation, especially now that the UK government considers Vietnam as a vital partner in the Indo-Pacific region.

Overseas shipments of shrimp products are set to earn more than 4 billion USD in 2022, up 2.56 percent on-year, as heard a conference held on March 11.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on December 9 signed a memorandum of understanding on technical support for the prevention and control of African swine fever (ASF) in Vietnam.

Vietnam raked in 30.05 billion USD from exporting agro-forestry-aquatic products in the first three quarters of 2020 and the value is hoped to hit over 40 billion USD for the whole year, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

The livestock and related sectors’ exports were worth 855.4 million USD in the first nine months of the year and is expected to reach 1.2 billion USD for the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

As of April 10, no new cases of African swine fever (ASF) had been reported in the 12 ASF-outbreak areas over the past 30 days, according to the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Vietnam had reported no new human cases of avian influenza A/H5N1 and the country had successfully controlled outbreaks of the H5N1 strain over the past five years, an official said.