Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports bounced back in the first seven months of 2025, reaching more than $3.8 billion due to strong demand for durian, coconut and other key products.
As technical barriers become increasingly strict, proactive adaptation from growing areas to processing, logistics, are a vital condition for Vietnamese agricultural products to firmly stand out on the global playing field.
Compared with previous routes, the new corridor saves each truck approximately one day in transport time and reduces costs up to 1,000 CNY (over US$138).
Based on impressive export results in recent years, Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable industry has set a target of achieving US$10 billion in export value by 2030, according to the Việt Nam Fruit and Vegetables Association.
Việt Nam officially exports 11 types of fruits to China: durian, jackfruit, dragon fruit, banana, mango, longan, lychee, watermelon, rambutan, mangosteen, and passion fruit, along with sweet potato and black ginseng.
Typhoon Yagi hit the northern provinces on September 7, causing substantial damage to fruit and vegetable farms, leaving farmers to incur losses of billions of đồng.
Thailand, which previously ranked sixth after Japan and Taiwan (China), has climbed to fourth place with a seven-month export value of $123 million, a 70 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.
The strong growth in exports during the first seven months of this year showed that the quality of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables has been improved to meet the export markets'' requirements.
Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports could reach record levels in 2024, especially with the country working on an export protocol for fresh coconut and frozen durian with China this year.
This is the first time fruit and vegetable export value has exceeded $1 billion right in the first quarter, signalling strong growth for the sector in the future.