Vietnam's agriculture continues to affirm its pillar role in the economy with impressive growth results in 2025: agricultural, forestry and fishery export turnover for 11 months reached 64.01 billion USD, up 12.6%.
Observers assess that this is an outstanding increase in the context of a volatile world economy, demanding markets tightening technical standards and the trend of green consumption increasingly dominating international trade.
But there are still bottlenecks that need to be removed so that Vietnamese agricultural products can reach out to the world.
The outdated transportation system is the first bottleneck.
Many localities do not have a synchronous transportation system connecting raw material areas, factories, seaports, logistics costs are still high, causing goods to lose competitiveness.
Therefore, completing transport infrastructure cannot be delayed, at least it must speed up the progress of key projects in key agricultural economic regions.
Natural disasters and extreme climates are increasingly threatening global agricultural production, which is a bottleneck caused by nature.
In Vietnam alone, widespread damage in 2025 shows that agriculture cannot continue to produce in the old way, but must adapt to climate change.
A smart agricultural production is to "follow nature", which is to change product structure, adjust seasons, and apply environmentally friendly farming techniques.
In addition to natural causes, there is also a solution that comes with the application of science, technology and engineering to remove bottlenecks.
Many localities have not yet effectively exploited science and technology in production, preservation and processing, and are still dependent on crude exports.
That limitation leads to low added value of goods, lack of deep processing, and failure to meet unified quality standards.
Investing in modern processing technology, standardizing raw material areas, and improving product quality after harvest is a condition to increase the competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural products in the next decade.
We talk a lot about the green economy but the transformation is still slow. Consumers in the high-end market do not accept products that go against the trend of environmental protection.
It must be determined that green production is not only a commitment but a mandatory condition for Vietnamese agricultural products to access high-value segments.
Consumers are smart and responsible for paying to own quality goods, aiming for safety and sustainability.
The purpose of production and export is not to chase after high quantity but value.
That is the economic efficiency associated with environmental protection.
