{"id":913,"date":"2026-04-03T13:50:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/industry_news\/vietnam-agri-export-target-74bn-2026-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T04:50:38","slug":"vietnam-agri-export-target-74bn-2026-policy","status":"publish","type":"industry_news","link":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/industry_news\/vietnam-agri-export-target-74bn-2026-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam's 2026 agriculture, forestry and fishery export target of 73\u201374 billion dollars \u2014 the government sets six priority measures toward higher quality and sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development set, as its 2026 agriculture, forestry and fishery export target, <strong>73\u201374 billion dollars<\/strong>. First-quarter 2026 export results have already <a href=\"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/industry_news\/vietnam-fruit-vegetable-q1-export-surge\/\">reached 16.69 billion dollars, up 5.9% year on year<\/a>, and the path to reaching the annual target is falling into place. However, compliance with the EU's new environmental and sustainability regulations has become a pressing challenge.<\/p>\n<h2>First-quarter 2026 export results<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Items<\/th>\n<th>Record<\/th>\n<th>Year on year<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Agriculture, forestry and fishery total<\/td>\n<td>16.69 billion dollars<\/td>\n<td>+5.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trade surplus (agriculture, forestry and fishery)<\/td>\n<td>4.78 billion dollars<\/td>\n<td>+12%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Produce (fruits and vegetables)<\/td>\n<td>1.48 billion dollars<\/td>\n<td>+27%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rice<\/td>\n<td>Volume +2.3%, price -10.7%<\/td>\n<td>Falling unit price is the challenge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>The government's six priority measures<\/h2>\n<p>The main measures toward reaching the 73\u201374 billion dollar target announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development are as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Promoting investment in high-tech agriculture:<\/strong> Deregulation for the use of precision agriculture, drones and IoT sensors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promoting organic agriculture and green credit:<\/strong> Establishing low-interest loan and subsidy systems for certified farmers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Developing a carbon market:<\/strong> Encouraging the creation of carbon credits in the agricultural sector<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diversifying export markets:<\/strong> Breaking away from dependence on China, opening up the Middle East, African and European markets<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strengthening traceability:<\/strong> Compliance with EU environmental regulations and the EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supporting agricultural startups:<\/strong> Improving the fundraising environment for agritech companies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>What the EU's new regulations demand of Vietnamese farm goods<\/h2>\n<p>From 2026 on, a series of environmental and sustainability regulations the EU is introducing will directly affect Vietnamese agriculture's production methods. In particular, <strong>the EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation)<\/strong> obliges proof that major export goods such as coffee, cacao, rubber and timber are not involved in deforestation.<\/p>\n<p>Vietnam's coffee and <a href=\"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/industry_news\/vietnam-rice-export-price-decline-q1-2026\/\">Rice<\/a> producers are hurrying to introduce digital farm-management systems and GPS-linked traceability. Farm goods that cannot comply with the EUDR risk losing access to high-value-added markets.<\/p>\n<h2>The rise of agritech startups<\/h2>\n<p>In Vietnam's agritech market, Techcoop completed a 70-million-dollar Series A round last December and has set a sales target of 150 million dollars for 2026. Startups are supporting the modernization of agriculture in diverse fields such as agricultural SaaS, drone pesticide spraying and AI demand forecasting.<\/p>\n<p>For Japanese agritech companies and investors in Vietnamese agriculture, partnership with local startups and technology transfer have become effective means of market entry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vietnam.vn\/en\/xuat-khau-nong-lam-thuy-san-3-thang-dau-nam-2026-uoc-dat-16-69-ty-usd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vietnam.vn: Q1 2026 agriculture, forestry and fishery exports of 16.69 billion dollars<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/vietnamnews.vn\/economy\/1765224\/ministry-lists-solutions-to-reach-74-billion-in-agricultural-exports-this-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vietnam News: Ministry agricultural export solutions<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vietnam.vn\/en\/nam-2026-nong-san-viet-buoc-vao-cuoc-choi-chat-luong-va-ben-vung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vietnam.vn: 2026 farm-goods quality and sustainability<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u30d9\u30c8\u30ca\u30e0\u8fb2\u696d\u8fb2\u6751\u958b\u767a\u7701\u306f2026\u5e74\u306e\u8fb2\u6797\u6c34\u7523\u7269\u8f38\u51fa\u76ee\u6a19\u3068\u3057\u3066730\u301c740\u5104\u30c9\u30eb\u3092\u8a2d\u5b9a\u3057\u305f\u30022026\u5e74\u7b2c1\u56db\u534a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[24,17,1],"tags":[31,9,10],"crop_category":[],"class_list":["post-913","industry_news","type-industry_news","status-publish","hentry","category-sdgs-sustainability","category-vietnam","category-vietnam-agri","tag-sdgs","tag-agritech","tag-coffee"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry_news\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/industry_news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913"},{"taxonomy":"crop_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vietnam-agri.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/crop_category?post=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}