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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Vaden said the delegation visiting Ho Chi Minh City from November 9 to 12 is the largest agricultural trade promotion delegation the department has ever sent abroad. In 2025, U.S. exports of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products to Vietnam rose 45% to $5.6 billion.
Gia Lai is digitizing agricultural growing areas and electronic traceability systems. Nafoods Group has expanded a passion fruit pilot involving about 150 farming households. Since the start of 2026, the province has added 90 growing area codes and 13 export packing facility codes to meet import markets’ requirements for production data and packaging standards.
U.S. agricultural and related exports to Vietnam reached nearly $5.6 billion in 2025, up 38% year on year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. businesses are seeking wider distribution in Vietnam, while a Vietnamese retailer has proposed promoting domestic agricultural products in the United States.
Vietnamese companies attended the China International Import Expo in Shanghai from November 5 to 10, 2026. Vietnam’s 1,000-square-meter commercial exhibition area brought together 80 food and beverage companies. Exhibitors signed memoranda of understanding with Chinese distributors and discussed sales of agricultural products and processed foods.
From January 1 to November 4, 2026, agricultural exports through Lào Cai exceeded $1.213 billion. Durian accounted for more than $918 million, or about 76%. On November 9, durian purchase prices in Vietnam’s main growing regions were unchanged from November 6.
