The stable growth of Vietnam’s agricultural, forestry and fishery exports in general, and the Mekong Delta in particular, is thanks to the great efforts of the entire industry.

According to the General Statistics Office, the total export and import turnover of goods in the first 10 months of 2024 reached 647.87 billion USD, an increase of 15.8% over the same period last year. Agricultural, forestry and fishery products are the second strongest export group in the past 10 months, with a total export turnover of nearly 52 billion USD. Positive contributions to this overall achievement are the agricultural products of vegetables, rice and shrimp, strengths of the Mekong Delta.

Rice – an export strength – increased in both quantity and value. In 10 months, more than 7.5 million tons were exported, with a turnover of nearly 5 billion USD.

Mr. Nguyen Phuong Lam – Director of the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry, Can Tho branch said: “In the past year until this year, India, the world’s leading rice exporter, has also limited, almost banned the export of rice, which is a great advantage for Vietnam in negotiating and promoting to increase the value of rice grains”.
Durian and mango are also two strong export groups with many positive signals. Not only contributing to the achievement of raising the export turnover of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables to over 6 billion USD, durian and mango have also actively maintained good export growth momentum thanks to focusing on official exports.

In the context of general difficulties of the world economic fluctuations, the stable growth of Vietnam’s agricultural, forestry and fishery exports in general, and the Mekong Delta in particular, is thanks to the great efforts of the entire industry, especially maintaining the production and supply chain of goods as well as investing in improving product quality and taking advantage of opportunities from the markets.

Source: https://vtv.vn/kinh-te/dbscl-duy-tri-da-xuat-sieu-20241124111743467.htm