2025 Agriculture Report - Spectacular Breakthrough
Vietnam's GDP is projected to hit US$ 514 billion in 2025, while average per capita income is expected to exceed US$ 5,026 for the first time - a pivotal milestone in the country's transition to a high-middle-income economy. Despite global headwinds such as slow recovery, inflation, and geopolitical uncertainty, the government prioritized macroeconomic stability, inflation control, and key economic balances. The GDP growth in 2025 was estimated at 8.02 per cent. Despite achieving high growth, inflation (CPI) remained under control at the target level (below 4.5%), ensuring that people's lives were not eroded by rising prices.
The motto “Discipline and responsibility, proactive and timely action, streamlined and efficient, accelerated breakthrough” is the focus of agricultural actions. It is really a spectacular breakthrough in 2025.
Agriculture has accordingly been recognized as a bright spot in the economic development of 2025. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the entire agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sector is estimated to increase by 3.7-3.92% for the whole year.
In 2025, the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sector accounts for 11.3% GDP; then the industrial and construction sector of 37.6%; the service sector of 42.9%.
The export turnover of agricultural products is estimated at US$ 70.09 billion, an increase of 12% as compared to 2024 and reaching the highest value ever, exceeding the 2025 target (US$ 65 billion). Of this, agricultural products reached US$ 37.25 billion, an increase of 13.7%; livestock products reached US$ 628 million, an increase of 17.4%; aquatic products reached US$ 11.32 billion, an increase of 12.7%; forestry products reached US$ 18.5 billion, an increase of 6.6%; production inputs reached US$ 2.38 billion, an increase of 27.1%; and salt reached US$ 12.1 million, an increase of 84.9%. Continue to maintain 10 export items/groups exceeding US$ 1 billion, especially with 3 items/groups reaching over 8 billion USD (wood products at 11.6 billion USD (+2.8%), coffee at 8.6 billion USD (+52.5%), and fruits and vegetables at 8.6 billion USD (+19.8%).
Milk and dairy products obtained their turnover of US$ 143.1 million; then meat, meat offal, and edible by-products of animal slaughter of US$ 204.2 million.
Pangasius and shrimp obtained the turnover of US$ 2.024 billion and US$ 4.645 billion, respectively.
Wood and wood products obtained their tornovers of US$ 16.965 billion; then rattan, bamboo, rush, and mats of US$ 11.582 billion; cinnamon of US$ 885 million.
CROP PRODUCTION
In 2025, crop production has been significantly impacted by adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, drought stress, salt intrusion, pests and diseases.
Various natural disasters (mainly typhoons and heavy rains plus flash floods) across the country resulted in 468 deaths and missing persons, 741 injuries; 4,179 houses collapsed, destroyed, or swept away; 348,834 houses damaged or with roofs blown off; 545,395 hectares of rice and crops flooded and damaged; 71,687 livestock and 5.16 million poultry killed or swept away; 171,763 aquaculture cages damaged; 1,070 km of dikes, embankments, and canals damaged; 140 km of riverbanks and coastlines eroded; 1,259 km of roads damaged with a total volume of 15.1 million m3 of soil and rock eroded... The total estimated damage is over VND 98,677 billion.
The entire country was focusing on developing concentrated production areas and key crops, implementing programs to improve productivity and quality, reduce costs, and build sustainable agricultural production models that adapt to climate change and meet domestic and export market standards. The project to develop one million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice in the Mekong Delta has been strongly implemented, with the area achieved exceeding the project's target, yielding clear economic and environmental benefits, and contributing to increased growth in the crop production.
Table 1: Crop production’ area, average yield and total production in 2025
|
No. |
Designation |
Area (1,000 ha) |
Yield (t/ha) |
Production (1,000 T) |
|
1 |
Rice |
7,091.2 |
6.16 |
43,699.2 |
|
2 |
Maize |
845.0 |
5.20 |
4,394.0 |
|
3 |
Sweet potato |
80.0 |
12.50 |
1,000.0 |
|
4 |
Cassava |
520.0 |
21.20 |
11,024.0 |
|
5 |
Vegetable |
1,035.0 |
19.32 |
20,000.0 |
|
6 |
Legumes |
130.0 |
12.30 |
160.0 |
|
7 |
Groundnut |
150.0 |
2.65 |
397.5 |
|
8 |
Soybean |
29.5 |
1.65 |
48.7 |
|
9 |
Sugar cane |
165.0 |
70.00 |
11,550.0 |
|
10 |
Coffee |
(total) 735.2 (harvested) 668.0 |
2.97 |
1,984.0 |
|
11 |
Tea |
(total) 120.0 (harvested) 110.0 |
10.05 |
1,105.5 |
|
12 |
Rubber (latex) |
(total) 908.9 (harvested) 730.0 |
1.85 |
1,350.5 |
|
13 |
Black Pepper |
(total) 113.2 (harvested) 110.0 |
2.65 |
291.5 |
|
14 |
Cashew Nut |
(total) 361.1 (harvested) 290.0 |
1.20 |
348.0 |
|
15 |
Coconut (copra) |
(total) 204.0 (harvested) 183.0 |
12.60 |
2,300.0 |
|
Fruit trees (total) |
1,317.1 |
|||
|
16 |
Mango |
118.5 |
1,100.0 |
|
|
17 |
Banana |
163.5 |
2,750.0 |
|
|
18 |
Dragon Fruit |
56.0 |
1,250.0 |
|
|
19 |
Citrus (orange, mandarine) |
97.0 |
2,000.0 |
|
|
20 |
Grape Fruit |
110.0 |
1,200.0 |
|
|
21 |
Pineapple |
55.0 |
650.0 |
|
|
22 |
Longan |
83.5 |
680.0 |
|
|
23 |
Litchi |
56.0 |
345.0 |
|
|
24 |
Rambutan |
22.0 |
360.0 |
|
|
25 |
Durian |
185.0 |
1,800.0 |
|
|
26 |
Jack fruit |
82.5 |
1,100.0 |
Low-emission rice program: The total area implemented is 312,734 Ha, exceeding the project's target by 132,734 Ha; 7 pilot models were tested in two seasons (Summer-Autumn and Autumn-Winter) in five provinces of Mekong Delta. Production costs decreased by 8.2% - 24.2%, seed quantity decreased by 30-50%, chemical fertilizer applying decreased by 30-70 kg/ha, pesticide spraying decreased by 1-4 times, and irrigation water usage decreased by 30-40%. Simultaneously, yields increased by 2.4-7.0%, and farmers' income increased by 12% - 50% (equivalent to a profit increase of VND 4-7.6 million/ha as compared to traditional farming). Greenhouse gas emissions decreased by an average of 2.0 - 12.0 tons of CO₂ equivalent/ha.
Table 2: The key crop export turnover in 2025
|
Main products |
Estimated export turnover (US$ billion) |
|
Rice |
4.60 |
|
Coffee |
8.60 |
|
Vegetable & Fruit (Durian) |
8.60 (4.00) |
|
Black pepper |
1.65 |
|
Cashew nut |
5.00 |
|
Rubber (latex + wood) (Latex) |
11.00 (2.90) |
|
Cassava |
1.00 |
Husbandry
The livestock and veterinary sector has achieved some positive results in restoring and maintaining production with growth in both the number of animals and output. Disease prevention and management have continued to be implemented synchronously and effectively, with the emphasis on dangerous diseases i.e. African Swine Fever, Avian Influenza, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, etc... They have been controlled promptly to minimize losses.
The major trend is a shift towards biosecure farming, organic-based farming, and the application of high technology. The professionalization of production processes is taking place step by step, from large enterprises to small-scale livestock farmers.
Currently, there are 19 livestock farms certified to produce products that meet Vietnamese standards (TCVN) for organic agriculture.
Ba Huan Company (poultry eggs), TH True Milk (milk), and seven enterprises belonging to the DABACO Group (pig and poultry farming) are implementing high-tech livestock farming models according to the standards stipulated in Prime Minister Decision No. 66/2015/QD-TTg (December 25, 2015).
Currently, industrial-scale livestock farming accounts for 55-56% of livestock and 56-58% of poultry.
The amount of feed consumed to achieve 1 kg of weight gain is 2.4-2.5 kg for pigs and 2.3-2.4 kg for poultry.
Total output of all types of meat is approximately 8.6 million T (4.3% increased). Of this, pork production is estimated at 5.4 million T (3.9% increased); poultry meat at 2.6 million T (5.9% increased); buffalo meat at approximately 125.2 thousand T (0.9% decreased); beef at approximately 499.1 thousand T (1.7% increased); milk production at 1.3 million T (5.8% increased); and eggs at approximately 21.4 billion eggs (5.3% increased).
AQUA-PRODUCTS
Total fisheries production reached 9.95 million T (3.01% increased), of which fishing accounted for approximately 3.83 million T (0.21% decreased), and aquaculture accounted for approximately 6.11 million T (5.1% increeased).
Fishery export turnover is estimated at approximately US$ 11.31 billion (12.7% increased).
FORESTRY
The objectives for 2025 were: Strengthening forest management, protection, and development; promoting the multi-purpose value of forest ecosystems; diversifying revenue sources from forests such as timber, non-timber forest products, medicinal plants, ecotourism services, forest environmental services, agroforestry, etc.; implementing solutions to improve high-quality forestry plant varieties; enhancing the productivity and quality of planted forests; developing large-timber plantations; large-scale raw material areas; and restoring and improving the productivity and quality of natural forests.
Forest cover rate reached 42.03%.
The area of concentrated planted forests reached 260,000 Ha (2.0% increased), and 120 million scattered trees. The volume of timber harvested from planted forests was 24 million cubic meters (4.9% increased).
There were 2,814 cases of forest destruction and fires were detected, a decrease of 426 cases (17.5%) as compared to 2024. The damaged area was 1,059 Ha, a decrease of 527 hectares (32.9%)
The total annual timber production is estimated at 25 million m3 (reaching 104% of the 2025 plan). By November 21, 2025, the whole country had collected VND 3,734.72 billion in forest environmental services, exceeding the 2025 revenue plan by 13.2%, and equaling 112% compared to the same period in 2024. The value of timber and forest product exports (furnature) was estimated to reach over US$ 18.5 billion in 2025.
The land and forest allocation policy has benefited approximately 16,900 communities and 1.1 million households, providing support for forest protection and forest protection contracts, thereby improving livelihoods, creating jobs for about 5 million workers, contributing to poverty reduction and rural development.
Salt Industry
The salt production area covers 10,690 Ha, of which over 6,740 Ha are for artisanal salt production. There are nearly 3,950 Ha are for industrial-scale salt production. Salt production is approximately 900,000 T, including 630,000 T from artisanal production and 270,000 tons from industrial-scale production.
The average price of salt nationwide fluctuated from VND 900 to VND 1,200 per kg. The salt inventory carried over from 2024 to 2025 was expected to reach 250,000 T. This was the first year that Vietnam Salt Festival was organized on a national scale, with the participation of key salt-producing localities and salt processing and trading enterprises nationwide.
Agro-industry
Solutions for developing the processing of agricultural by-products; improving the capacity for processing and preserving agricultural products; and strengthening deep processing have been focused on. By-products will become co-products soon in Vietnam.
Besides the investment and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, a number of large corporations and businesses continue to increase investment in agriculture, especially high-tech agriculture, such as: Nafoods, TH, Dabaco Vietnam, Masan, Lavifood, Dong Giao Export Joint Stock Company, Bien Dong Trade and Investment Company.
EXPOR MARKETS
Asia was the largest export market for Vietnam' s agricultural products, accounting for 42% of the market share. This was followed by the Americas and Europe, with market shares of 23.5% and 15.6%, respectively. The market shares of Africa and Oceania were small, accounting for 3.2% and 1.2% respectively.
Compared to the last year, the value of Vietnam's agricultural exports to regional markets all increased (Asia increased by 2.3%; America by 18.7%; Europe by 46.3%; Africa by 99.5% and Oceania by 2.7%). Of them, the United States, China and Japan accounted for 21.1%, 17.6%, and 7.2%, respectively. They became the three largest export markets for Vietnamese agricultural products.
Chinese market: Protocols have been signed for bananas, watermelons, mangosteens, fresh coconuts, fresh and frozen durians, black jelly, and sweet potatoes. The temporary guidelines have been issued for chili peppers and passion fruit. The regulations for dragon fruit, longan, lychee, jackfruit, mango, and rambutan are being reviewed and standardized. The licenses have been granted for milk and dairy products (11 factories), bird's nests (9 enterprises), farmed monkeys, farmed crocodiles, feathers (25 enterprises), python skins (4 enterprises), and buffalo horns (2 enterprises). There were 48 species of live aquatic products, which have been recognized. There were 128 types of products, which have been allowed to be imported. There were 621 establishments, which have been recognized. There were 22 enterprises, which are involved in fishmeal and fish oil production.
US market: Export licenses have been granted for dragon fruit, longan, lychee, mango, rambutan, star apple, pomelo; honey and honey products, then 28 seafood establishments are allowed to export
Japanese market: Export licenses have been granted for dragon fruit, mango, longan, lychee, processed chicken meat, eggs and processed poultry egg products.
South Korean market: Export licenses have been granted for dragon fruit, mangoes, pasteurized meat, eggs, and processed poultry egg products.
The EU and UK markets have allowed honey and honey products.
Australian market has allowed mangoes, dragon fruit, longan, lychee
New Zealand market has allowed mangoes, dragon fruit, rambutan, lemons, grapefruit
ASEAN market: Thailand has allowed dragon fruit, mango, longan, lychee; Malaysia (frozen suckling pig); Singapore, Cambodia, Laos (eggs and processed poultry egg products).
Other markets such as Taiwan, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Hong Kong, etc., are actively continuing cooperative businesses.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
As of June 30, 2025; 6,084 out of 7,669 communes (79.3%) nationwide had met the criteria for New Rural Development (basically completing the target of 80% for the 2021-2025 period).
2,567 communes (42.2%) achieved advanced new rural standards (exceeding the target of 40% for the 2021-2025 period). Beside, 745 communes (12.2%) achieved model new rural standards (exceeding the target of 10% for the 2021-2025 period).
On average, the whole country achieved 17.5 criteria per commune; 7 out of 16 poor districts have communes recognized as meeting the standards of New Rural Development and have been removed from the list of districts with “no New Rural Development communes”.
collective economy and cooperatives
Nationwide, there are 101 agricultural cooperative unions; 23,000 agricultural cooperatives (of which 65% are rated as good or excellent); and 36,000 agricultural cooperative groups.
Nearly 2,500 agricultural cooperatives nationwide are applying high technology and undergoing digital transformation.
The average revenue of an agricultural cooperative reached approximately VND 2.7 billion/year, achieving 108% of the planned target (VND 2.55 billion in 2024). The average profit of agricultural cooperatives reached VND 450 million. The average income of regularly employed workers in agricultural cooperatives reached VND 56 million/year in 2024, achieving 105.6% of the planned target (53 million VND/year in 2024). The average revenue of an agricultural cooperative union reached VND 1.7 billion/year, achieving 104.9% of the planned target (the target was VND 1.62 billion/year). The average profit of one agricultural cooperative union is projected to reach VND 250 million. The average revenue of one agricultural cooperative group is VND 700 million/year. The average profit of one agricultural cooperative group is VND 80 million.
There are 78,467 management staff, including 30,602 cooperative management staff who have received training at the elementary or intermediate level; and 12,555 cooperative management staff who have received training at the college or university level or higher.
There were 2,169 agricultural cooperatives, which have had OCOP products, accounting for 37.9% of the recognized OCOP product entities.
Approximately 1,200 cooperatives have had participated in agricultural and rural tourism activities.
To date, 263 traditional crafts have been recognized; 1,975 craft villages and traditional craft villages have been established (including 1,315 craft villages and 660 traditional villages). Nationwide, 247 craft villages have registered trademarks for their products (accounting for 12.51%); 360 villages have OCOP products that have achieved star ratings (accounting for 18.22%); 145 craft villages have exported products (accounting for 7.34%); and 185 craft villages have been linked to tourism development (accounting for 9.37%).
Interestingly the export turnover of some handicraft items in 2025 is projected to increase, such as: wood and wood products reaching US$ 14,039.34 million (up 6%); glass and glass products reaching US$ 1,171.49 million (up 20.5%); rattan, bamboo, sedge, and mat products reaching US$ 715.18 million (up 9%).
WATER MANAGEMENT & water resource
Irrigation capacity increased by 22.2 thousand Ha. The drainage capacity increased by 18 thousand Ha.
Investment in the construction of centralized rural clean water facilities aims to fundamentally address rural clean water issues in areas with water scarcity; providing domestic water to water-scarce areas in the three northern mountainous provinces and the Mekong Delta provinces.
In implementing the 2023 Water Resources Law, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has actively urged and ensured that 100% of reservoirs have been connected and are providing daily information and data.
Hundred percent of large-scale operating hydropower reservoirs are controlled and monitored online; 100% of monitoring and automation have been completed (except for irrigation works); review and ensure the criteria for determining and publishing the minimum downstream flow values of 700 irrigation and hydropower works have been met.
Simultaneously, monitor and supervise changes in flow and water quality of transboundary water sources; promote international cooperation in the management and use of transboundary water resources; proactively prevent and combat drought, water shortages, saltwater intrusion, and riverbank erosion, especially in the Mekong Delta, coastal areas, North Central region, Central Highlands, and northern mountainous regions.
marine resources
The implementation of marine spatial planning, management of marine areas, basic surveys, database construction, and control of activities impacting the marine environment have been strengthened. They have been gradually becoming more systematic. In addition, inter-sectoral coordination, international cooperation, and marine environmental protection have continued to be promoted, contributing to the effective utilization of marine resources for socio-economic development while ensuring national defense, security, and sustainable development.
FOREST RESOURCES
Focus on managing and protecting existing and newly created forests; invest in protecting special-use, protection, and production forests that are natural forests; support buffer zone communities; and effectively implement forest protection, forest development, and forest fire prevention and control.
Developing forestry into a modern, effective, efficient, and highly competitive economic and technical sector. It must be to link forest development, forest protection, biodiversity conservation of forest ecosystems, enhancing adaptation to climate change, mitigating negative impacts from natural disasters, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, absorbing and storing carbon from forests, contributing to fulfilling Vietnam's commitments at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26). Then it must be to contribute to national defense and security.
hydrometeorology
Up to now, the national meteorological and hydrological station network currently has managed 2,807 stations (a 44% increase compared to the 2016-2020 period), with a meteorological observation automation rate of 65%, rainfall at 100%, thunderstorms at 100%, hydrology at 69%, and oceanography at 74%. The modern weather radar network is basically distributed to cover the entire country.
There are 215 surface meteorological stations, 14 radiation stations, 1,871 automatic rain gauge stations, 426 hydrological stations, 27 oceanographic stations, 6 radio sounding stations, 8 upper-air wind measurement stations, 10 weather radar stations, 3 stations measuring total ozone and ultraviolet radiation, 18 lightning detection stations, and 89 stations/points for measuring air and water environment (including: 27 air environment stations, 56 surface water environment stations and 6 coastal seawater environment stations).
In addition, there are 95 salinity measurement stations, 19 climate change monitoring stations (including: 7 meteorological reference stations, 9 hydrological reference stations, 3 oceanographic reference stations), 1 global climate monitoring station (Pha Din - Dien Bien), 1 meteorological satellite image receiving station, 3 marine resource and environment monitoring stations and 1 central station in Hanoi.
Many modern technologies such as supercomputers, high-resolution forecasting models, combined forecasting, and artificial intelligence (AI) have been effectively applied, helping to extend the forecast and warning period for storms to 3-5 days, and providing early warnings of thunderstorms, flash floods, and landslides down to the commune level.
The precision property of forecasts for many types of natural disasters reaches 70-90%, placing Vietnam among the leading countries in Southeast Asia and leading to its selection by the WMO as a center for supporting hazardous weather forecasting and flash flood warning for ASEAN.
Remote sensing technology in basic resource surveys.
Currently, about 50% of localities nationwide have applied remote sensing technology in state management activities, focusing on the fields of forest management and protection, monitoring, investigation, land management, surveying and mapping, climate change, and agriculture.
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has directed the implementation of over 483 tasks, including ministerial-level, institutional, potential, and transitional pilot production projects. Of these, 224 tasks will be completed in 2025, and 259 tasks will be completed in 2026 and subsequent years. From 2021 to 2025, a total of 1,201 science and technology programs, projects, and tasks have been and are being implemented, of which 735 tasks have been completed and 466 tasks are underway. Many science and technology tasks have produced final products that have been accepted by competent authorities, transferred, and applied to production, serving management work and contributing to an increase in economic efficiency of approximately 30%.
THE ORIENTATIONS FOR 2026
Crop Production
The agricultural production model should be reoriented towards large-scale, concentrated production through the development of large-scale farming areas and the promotion of horizontal linkages between farmers and vertical linkages between farmers, farmer organizations, and businesses in the production-consumption chain, in order to improve efficiency and added value.
The Vietnam Agriculture will promote the application of information technology, big data, and industry 4.0 technologies (AI, IoT, etc.) in forecasting weather conditions, crop yields, and the occurrence of pests and diseases on key crops.
Husbandry
Farmers must raise awareness and responsibility among the population regarding sustainable livestock farming, productivity, economic efficiency, and the prevention and control of dangerous diseases in livestock.
MAE develops and implements a traceability system for livestock farms and products.
MAE promotes the development of domestic raw material areas, applies modern technology, promotes biosafety in livestock farming, and establishes production linkages along the value chain.
The disease-free zone is established according to Vietnamese and WOAH/OIE standards, serving the export of animals and animal products.
AQUA-CULTURE
The management and control of aquatic animal breeding quality will be strongly enhanced.
MAE develops the cultivation of key species in concentrated production areas, linked with integrated planning and infrastructure.
We will strengthen inspection and supervision of fishing vessel registration and licensing to ensure safety and implement the Agreement on Port State Measures; strengthen inspection and control of fishing vessels operating near maritime boundaries, strictly handle violations; implement solutions to address the EC's yellow card warning.
FORESTRY
MAE continues to implement the Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050.
AGRO-INDUSTRY & MARKET
We are perfecting the system of policies, laws, standards, and technical regulations on food quality and safety; continuing to effectively implement projects, programs, and plans on ensuring food safety, improving the quality of agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products, and developing organic agriculture.
We will continue to promote the export of agricultural, forestry, and aquatic products; strengthen trade promotion, negotiate to remove technical and trade barriers, expand official exports to major markets such as the US, China, Japan, South Korea, the EU, and ASEAN, and open up new markets such as the Middle East and Africa.
We proactively and effectively implement FTAs, especially CPTPP, EVFTA, and other bilateral agreements; strictly enforce regulations on labeling, traceability, indication of growing areas, testing and quarantine, packaging specifications, quality, and types of agricultural products; and comply with registration of packaging facility codes and export enterprise codes.
Total export turnover in 2026 will be US$ 73 - 74 billion.
COOPERATIVE ECONOMY
The main target for 2026 is to have 23,600 cooperatives, including 14,950 agricultural cooperatives that are rated as good or excellent. Approximately 4.2 million members will participate in agricultural cooperatives. The average revenue and profit per agricultural cooperative will be 3,000 million VND and 500 million VND, respectively.
Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
We will continue to review, evaluate, and propose a summary of the implementation of the 2008 Biodiversity Law to serve the comprehensive amendment of the Law, which is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration in 2029.
We continue to implement the National Strategy on Biodiversity; and at the same time, submit to the Ministry a report on the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) as requested by the Convention Secretariat.
MAE is affirming that 2025 is the year of acceleration and breakthrough towards the goal of the “5-year plan 2021 – 2025” to meet the demand of the new strategy of “Era of Raise”.
Accordingly, Vietnam agriculture always plays a role of “fulcrum and faith” in the national economy.
Prof. Dr. Bui Chi Buu
January 5 2026
All statistical figures are highlighted from the Ministry of Agricutlure and Environment’s review in 31 December 2025.
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