18/03/2022
China has resumed imports of fresh fruits, including dragon fruit, through the Hekou-Kim Thanh border gate that straddles the Chinese province of Yunnan and the Vietnamese province of Lao Cai. It had stopped the imports in mid-July after Yunnan detected the novel coronavirus on packages and trucks carrying dragon fruits from Vietnam. The resumption of […]
25/02/2022
On the morning of March 29, 2021, the General Statistics Office held a press conference to announce socio-economic statistics of the first quarter of 2021. Accordingly, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2021 was estimated to increase by 4.48%, of which, the agriculture, forestry, and fishery sector increased by 3.16%, contributing […]
25/02/2022
Vietnamese exporters of seafood to Russia and Ukraine are in trouble, with some reporting double-digit percentage declines as the military confrontation between the two countries continue. Five Vietnamese catfish exporters to Russia have reported a year-on-year drop in export value by 29.8 percent to $2.18 million in January, according to data from the Vietnam Association […]
25/02/2022
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries exports increased by 15.8 percent year-on-year in January-February to US$8 billion. Farm exports led with $3.2 billion, up 10.2 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. High growth was seen in items like shark catfish (83 percent), black pepper (44 percent), coffee (36 percent), and rice (22 percent). […]
