On December 3, in Lang Son, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) coordinated with the People's Committee of Lang Son province to organize a forum connecting import and export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products between Vietnam and China.
At the forum, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam said that after signing the memorandum of understanding on agricultural cooperation in September 2023, the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the People's Government of Guangxi Province have achieved encouraging initial results.
The total two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and China accounts for one-quarter of Vietnam's total import-export turnover with the world.
On the other hand, Vietnam is one of China's major trading partners in the world and China's largest partner in ASEAN.
Regarding the import and export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products, there was steady growth in 2023 and in the first 11 months of this year, the total import and export turnover was 16 billion USD (up 13.4% over the same period in 2022 and up to 29% to 40% over the same period in 2020 and 2021), of which exports reached 12.2 billion USD (up 11%), strong growth items such as vegetables and fruits reached approximately 4.1 billion USD, up 28.7%; wood and wood products reached 1.7 billion USD, up 22.3%; aquatic products reached 1.4 billion USD, up 23.2%.
Some other export items such as cassava, rubber, rice, cashew nuts, coffee, tea, animal feed, rattan and bamboo products, sedge mats.
In addition, China has also opened its market to many fruit products, products of animal origin (milk, bird's nest, farmed monkeys, crocodiles) and seafood...
“In 2025, besides the advantages in exporting and importing goods, there are also many difficulties and challenges.
In particular, competition among countries in the region, requirements for product standardization, production processes and the increasing demands of Chinese consumers; some potential products have not been officially exported to the Chinese market such as grapefruit, avocado, custard apple, star apple, medicinal herbs...", Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam said.
At the conference, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development also proposed three main tasks.
Continue to negotiate, open up and resolve obstacles, maintain market development; focus on reorganizing production chains according to specific industries associated with specialized areas linked with export processing enterprises to build standard raw material areas. Urgently strengthen coordination between central and local management agencies to ensure the issuance of codes for growing and raising areas for export.
In addition, it is necessary to make information transparent with growing areas, farming areas, and seasonal packaging facilities, and standardize product quality and production processes.
Mr. Nam also emphasized the need to strengthen coordination between the state, industry associations, and the business community to effectively use resources in brand building, trade promotion, and advertising of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products.
In 2025 and the coming years, continue to focus on developing the Chinese market in a sustainable and quality direction and link with other businesses to participate in the cross-border e-commerce model to provide products and services to end consumers.
