Exports exceed 1 billion USD for two consecutive months
Dang Phuc Nguyen, Secretary General of the Viet Nam Fruit and Vegetable Association, said Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports had made significant progress, with monthly turnover exceeding 1 billion USD for two consecutive months for the first time.
Specifically, export turnover in August reached approximately 1.09 billion USD, up 14.6% year on year, while July recorded around 1.07 billion USD. Durian continued to make a major contribution to the strong growth in overall export value.
According to the Department of Customs, durian exports reached approximately 681.2 million USD in July, up 81% from the same period in 2025, bringing seven-month turnover to around 1.77 billion USD, an increase of 47.1%.
The result coincided with the harvest season in durian-growing areas in the Central Highlands.
Coconut has also emerged as a new bright spot. In the first seven months of 2026, export turnover reached 367.446 million USD, up about 20% year on year, surpassing dragon fruit and mango to become the second-largest fruit export by value after durian.
Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, Chairwoman of the Viet Nam Coconut Association, said coconut remained one of the products with considerable room for growth in the final months of the year, thanks to expanding markets and businesses’ increasing ability to tap the added value of coconut products.
Accelerating towards the finish line
According to the Viet Nam Fruit and Vegetable Association, September and October remain peak harvest periods for many fruits, while import demand in China and other Asian and EU markets typically rises in the fourth quarter ahead of major holidays and the Lunar New Year.
Le Anh Dung, General Director of the Viet Nam National Vegetable, Fruit and Agricultural Product Corporation (Vegetexco Viet Nam), said the firm’s fruit and vegetable products are now present in around 60 countries, including demanding markets such as the US, the European Union (EU) and Japan.
To ensure sufficient supply, consistent quality and timely deliveries, Vegetexco Viet Nam has linked raw-material production areas with its preliminary processing and processing systems.
Through a nationwide network of strategic partners and affiliated farms, the company is capable of fulfilling large orders across a wide range of product categories.
Beyond supply capacity, conditions for goods to be accepted in importing markets are becoming increasingly detailed.
For markets such as China, where growing areas and packing facilities are subject to strict management, the system of registration codes is an important component of export capacity. This requires faster issuance and approval of codes to expand official export capacity.
In the US, EU and Japanese markets, businesses need to maintain strict control over food safety and plant quarantine requirements. Another issue facing fresh fruit and vegetable exports is the need to shorten transport times in order to maintain quality and improve competitiveness.
For China, a major market, exporting countries are continuously seeking ways to bring products to consumers as quickly as possible.
According to the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Cambodia’s fruit exports to China have risen sharply thanks to a cross-border agricultural transport corridor through Laos, which was launched in late June 2026.
This intermodal transport model allows goods to be transported by road to Laos before connecting to the China-Laos railway, reducing delivery time to about one week, compared with 15-20 days by sea.
As a result, in the first seven months of 2026, Cambodia’s durian exports to China reached a record 5,738 tonnes, nearly 40 times the volume recorded in the whole of 2025.
Against this backdrop, efforts are also being stepped up to facilitate customs clearance for Vietnamese fruit and vegetables in order to enhance competitiveness.
Since July 2026, the Department of Customs has required its units to provide maximum facilitation and ensure same-day customs clearance for agricultural exports, while also handling customs procedures and supervising export goods outside regular working hours, including weekends and public holidays.
Together with a high-quality supply base, these measures will provide an important boost to help fruit and vegetable exports reach the 10 billion USD target soon.
