HANOI –Vietnam’s agriculture-forestry- fishery sector is forecast to earn some 17.43 billion U.S. dollars from exports in the first seven months, up 11.8 percent year-on- year, Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ( MARD) said on Monday.
Major agricultural product exports (rice, coffee, rubber, cashew nut, tea, pepper, wood and wood products) hit US$8.31 billion during the seven month period, up 5.9% against last year’s same period.
Seafood exports surged 24.5% on-year to US$4.2 billion, along with forestry products up 13.2% to US$3.52 billion.