Viet Nam’s economy maintained strong growth in 2025 despite facing severe natural disasters and a volatile global environment, with gross domestic product (GDP) estimated to have increased 8.02% year on year, meeting targets set by the National Assembly and the Government, according to Nguyen Thi Huong, Director General of the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.

As agriculture faces the imperative of establishing a new growth model, the Politburo has issued Conclusion No. 219-KL/TW on continuing the implementation of Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW dated June 16, 2022 of the 13th Party Central Committee on agriculture, farmers and rural areas through to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

The agricultural extension sector is actively promoting socialisation to maximise its potential through public-private partnerships (PPP), thereby promoting the transfer of advanced technical and digital technologies, improving production organisation capacity, and building raw material areas.

According to the National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance, in the first ten months of 2025, Viet Nam recorded a total import-export turnover of 762.44 billion USD, up 17.4% year on year, and posted a trade surplus of 19.56 billion USD.

Building on the achievements during the 2020–2025 tenure, Dak Lak’s agricultural sector is implementing the Provincial Party Congress Resolution for the 2025–2030 period, with a central focus on developing ecological, circular, transparent and high-tech agriculture in tandem with digital transformation.

President and Chief Executive Officer of Japan’s Mitsui & Co Ltd. Hori Kenichi on November 27 reaffirmed Mitsui’s commitment to long-term cooperation and investment in Viet Nam when he met with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Ha Noi.

In the closing session, representatives from the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) and the Vietnamese negotiating team stated that the talks yielded positive results, laying a favourable foundation for the early conclusion of the Viet Nam – US Reciprocal Trade Agreement.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien held talks with US Congressman Adrian Smith in Washington D.C. on November 13, seeking to advance Viet Nam-US trade negotiations and expand imports of American agricultural products.

The forum “Digital transformation in agriculture: Seizing opportunities, adapting to the future” was organised on October 29 in Ha Noi, under the chairmanship of the Viet Nam Cooperative Alliance, and co-organised with Business Magazine to promote agricultural sector digitalisation and share practical experiences among management agencies, experts, enterprises, and agricultural cooperatives.

It is time for Viet Nam to step onto the global stage not only with its agricultural products, but also with strong management capacity, transparent data, shared digital platforms and a circular economy mindset.

Although accounting for less than 6.5% of the country’s total land area, the Red River Delta currently contributes around 18% of the nation’s total rice output, along with numerous other crops, thereby playing an important role in ensuring domestic food security and supporting exports.

Vietnamese Acting Minister of Agriculture and Environment Tran Duc Thang had a meeting with Agnes Pannier-Runacher, French Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, the Sea and Fisheries, in Paris on September 30.

Viet Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports are estimated to reach more than 6.11 billion USD in the first nine months of 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 8.3%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

An international trade exhibition series on agriculture, livestock, aquaculture, beauty, pharmaceutical, laboratory, medical devices, food & beverage, and pet industry kicked off in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on September 17, bringing together more than 200 enterprises from over 10 countries and territories.

After the merger, Dong Thap province has many favourable conditions to develop agriculture in the direction of ecology, modern countryside, civilised farmers. Currently, the locality is implementing many solutions to make this goal come true.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Angolan counterpart Téte António have agreed to build on their long-standing friendship to promote deeper, more practical cooperation in the fields of economy, trade and investment.

China is a market with great potential for Vietnamese agricultural products, especially tropical fruits, thanks to advantages in geographical proximity, product quality, and alignment with Chinese consumer preferences.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man had a meeting with Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko on July 23 (local time), as part of his official visit to the African nation, during which the two sides agreed to boost cooperation in various areas.

The Vietnamese community abroad, including in Senegal, is an inseparable part of the nation, said National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.

In the first six months of 2025, the bright spot of the entire agricultural sector was the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products reaching 33.84 billion USD, up 15.5%; the trade surplus value was 9.83 billion USD, up 16.5% over the same period in 2024. This year, the agricultural sector strives to achieve the target of 70 billion USD, the highest ever.