(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Friday that Vietnam has earned 574 million USD in revenue from rice exports in April, bringing the total volume and value of rice exports in the first four months of the year to 2.95 million tons with a value of 1.56 billion USD, up 43.6% in volume and 54.5% in value against last year.
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This is the highest growth rate among key agricultural product groups.
Some other agricultural products also posted higher export value than the same period last year such as fruits and vegetables (up 19.4%), cashew nuts (3.4%), and coffee (2.5%).
In the first three months, the Philippines was Vietnam's largest rice importer. Among 15 largest rice export markets, Indonesia recorded the strongest increase in value, up by 177 times.
According to the Ministry, China, the US, and Japan continue to be the three largest import markets of Vietnam's agricultural, forestry and fishery products.