Workers pick strawberries at a farm in Vietnam's Kon Tum province. - AFP
HANOI: Vietnam’s agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors run a trade surplus nearly doubling the figure of the same period last year, based on robust exports of major products such as coffee, rice and fruits.
The latest updates from the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry showed that agricultural, forestry and fishery exports totalled US$13.53bil, an increase of 21.8% over the same period last year, while imports reached US$10.18bil, leaving a surplus of US$3.36bil, an increase of 96.5%.
