Viet Nam’s agricultural exports to the European Union (EU) rose by 2.2% year-on-year in the first six months of 2026. Despite this growth, the bloc continues to exert mounting competitive pressures on exporters due to policies aimed at diversifying supply sources, along with increasingly stringent requirements for traceability and sustainable development.

Coffee and durian are two “pillars” of agricultural exports, generating “billion-dollar” revenues and providing livelihoods for millions of Vietnamese farmers. However, behind their impressive results, these two sectors face numerous challenges related to controlling pesticide residues and heavy metals. To develop sustainably, the sectors need a more systematic management strategy.

Türkiye’s extensive cooperative network, with nearly 5 million members and about 50,000 cooperatives, is emerging as a potential connection channel for Vietnamese businesses seeking agricultural products, food, and raw materials, according to the Viet Nam Trade Office in Türkiye.

As part of the Hung Yen Longan Festival and Trade Promotion held at Nam Hoa Pedestrian Street, the local agricultural trade atmosphere has witnessed highly impressive changes.

With the official launch of the Viet Nam agricultural product traceability system, consumers can now access comprehensive information on the origin, packaging facilities, and production processes of a wide range of agricultural products nationwide simply by scanning a QR code.

The introduction of Viet Nam's national agricultural product traceability system is a major step in the digital transformation of the agriculture and environment sector, helping enhance the quality, transparency and global competitiveness of the country's farm produce, Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung said at the launch ceremony in Ha Noi on June 30.

Amid the scorching heat of the semi-mountainous southern region of Khanh Hoa Province, rows of lush green melons inside net houses in Ma Ty Village, Bac Ai Tay Commune continue to thrive. Gone are the days when cultivation depended entirely on the weather. Today, every drop of water and every nutrient is automatically regulated by modern technological systems.

In the first quarter of 2026, the country’s export turnover of agriculture, forestry, and fishery products reached 16.69 billion USD, up 5.9% compared with the same period in 2025. However, many export items increased in volume but not in value proportionately, and in some cases even declined due to falling export prices.

Amid rising logistics costs and increasingly unpredictable international transport risks, nearby markets such as ASEAN are becoming an important anchor for Viet Nam’s agricultural exports. In addition to advantages in shipping costs and time, the region is witnessing growing demand for products such as fruits and vegetables, rubber, and seafood.

Over the past decades, Viet Nam’s agriculture has made remarkable progress. From a country once concerned about food shortages, Viet Nam has become a major exporter of products such as rice, coffee, cashew nuts, pepper, fruit, and seafood. This is a highly commendable achievement.

Algeria’s merchandise exports to Viet Nam remain modest due to the limited number of trade promotion programmes held in Viet Nam, resulting in minimal participation by Algerian enterprises in international trade events there, including the Spring Fair, according to Hoang Duc Nhuan, Viet Nam’s Trade Counsellor in Algeria.

To meet these goals, the agency will continue refining the legal framework governing import-export activities and gather feedback from local authorities and relevant agencies to propose amendments, supplements or replacements for outdated circulars.

The 2025 Fair of Safe Fruits and Agricultural Products was launched by the Ha Noi Department of Industry and Trade and Hoang Liet Ward People’s Committee on December 3.

A range of Viet Nam’s key agricultural products is being showcased at the Viet Nam Trade Office’s pavilion at the 8th Food Expo in Hong Kong (China), attracting strong interest from visitors.

On November 4, the Agricultural Trade Promotion Centre (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) held a press conference to announce information about the International Agricultural Exhibition AgroViet 2025.

A conference on science and technology for the preservation and processing of agro-forestry-fisheries and national agricultural mechanisation in 2025 was co-organised by the Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Post-Harvest Technology, the Association of Food Science and Technology and the Association of Agricultural Engineering, in Ha Noi, on September 12.

The central province of Gia Lai held a trade promotion conference in Pleiku ward on August 18, seeking to promote export of its key agricultural products to China.

Viet Nam’s export earnings grew by 14.8% to 262.44 billion USD in the first seven months of this year, while its import turnover rose by 17.9% to 252.26 billion USD, resulting in a trade surplus of 10.18 billion USD, the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported on August 6.

Customs authorities at Mong Cai International Border Gate in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh on August 5 announced that they have completed clearance procedures for nearly 22 tonnes of fresh, unhusked coconuts officially exported to China through Bac Luan II bridge border gate.

Viet Nam’s total agro-forestry-fishery trade in the first half of 2025 is estimated at 57 billion USD, with exports reaching 33.5 billion USD, up 14.3% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.