Exports of key farm produce surge in nine months

The agro-forestry-fisheries sector is the mainstay of the economy of Vietnam during the Covid-19 pandemic in the first nine months of this year.

Vietnam’s export of agro-forestry-fisheries products increased by 17.7 percent year-on-year to 35.5 billion USD in the fist nine months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam's import-export turnover during January-September jumped 24.4 percent year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

The index of industrial production (IIP) grew by 4.45 percent in the first nine months of this year over the same period last year.

GDP up 1.42% in first nine months of 2021