Hanoi, Dec. 3 -- Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery sector has set a new benchmark, posting an estimated 64.01 billion USD in export earnings in the first 11 months of 2025, a 12.6% rise year-on-year and already higher than 2024's figure of 62.4 billion USD, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) reported.

Agricultural products remained the biggest contributor with 34.24 billion USD, up 15%. Livestock exports grew 16.8% to 567.4 million USD, aquatic products advanced 13.2% to 10.38 billion USD, and forestry exports climbed 5.9% to 16.61 billion USD.

Export turnover in November alone is estimated at 5.8 billion USD, down 3.7% from October but up 8.4% from a year earlier. Imports, meanwhile, reached 3.92 billion USD, a decrease of...