Export revenue hit 30.02 billion USD while trade surplus hit6.86 billion USD, nearly 1 billion USD higher than the same period last year,the official added.
Chief of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development(MARD) Office Le Van Thanh said pork output decreased by 8 percent due to theimpact of the disease. However, the output of other farming products rose suchas beef up 4.2 percent, buffalo meat up 3.1 percent, poultry meat 13.5 percent,egg 10 percent, and milk 9.3 percent.
The aquaculture sector will synchronously and effectivelyrealise recommendations by the European Union (EU), towards achieving a sustainableaquaculture development, the official added.
The ministry will send teams to localities to inspect theadoption of measures against the illegal, unreported and unregulated fishingwarned by the EU, rearrange farming at sea, enhance international cooperationin seafood exploitation, contributing to safeguarding the country’s sovereigntyover seas and islands.
Further attention will be paid to tackling difficulties inChina, opening up new markets such as the US, the UK and Australia for severalproducts.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade andthe Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the MARD will help facilitateexports of farm produce to China via information sharing and training.
It will also establish an information sharing mechanism andwork with the General Administration of Customs of China and leaders of the Vietnameseand Chinese border provinces to deal with barriers regarding origin tracing, exportcertificate and quarantine./.