China was the main export market for Vietnamese vegetables and fruits, accounting for 71.5 per cent of the total fruit and vegetable export turnover of the country, reaching 1.46 billion USD, down slightly by 1 per cent over the same period of 2018.

EU was the second largest market, with the export turnover of 73.1 million USD, accounting for 3.6 per cent of the total, rising strongly by 33.9 per cent. The next was the market of Southeast Asian countries reached 70.16 million USD, down by 12.2 per cent over the same period last year. Meanwhile, the exports to the US market increased by 13.3 per cent, reaching 70.15 million USD, accounting for 3.4 per cent; the exports to South Korea also increased by 12.2 per cent, reaching 65.14 million USD, accounting for 3.2 per cent.

In general, export of fruits and vegetables to most markets in the first 6 months of this year increased in value compared to the same period of 2018. The exports to several markets increased strongly such as: to Indonesia - increased by 339 per cent to 1.26 million USD; to Italy - increased by 208 per cent to 6.43 million USD; to Laos - increased by 161.8 per cent to 12.46 million USD; to Hong Kong - increased by 133.3 per cent to 23.55 million USD.

Market	June of 2019	+/- June of 2019 vs. May of 2019 (%)	First 6 months of 2019	+/- First 6 months of 2019 vs. same period of 2018 (%)
Total	280,382,698	-21.83	2,038,902,273	2.53
China	180,102,386	-26.5	1,456,973,083	-0.97
The U.S	11,697,213	-9.3	70,150,745	13.3
South Korea	9,864,266	-15.8	65,135,215	12.24
Japan	10,583,072	-21.15	60,473,912	6.22
The Netherlands	8,781,157	-5.79	39,937,414	31.7
Thailand	3,368,525	-6.05	23,753,270	-22.19
Hong Kong (CN)	10,732,439	101.24	23,554,355	133.29
Taiwan (CN)	6,188,776	12.5	23,031,144	30.35
Australia	3,103,112	-9.15	19,107,880	36.05
The U.A.E	2,196,681	-12.25	17,849,744	-15.48
Singapore	3,257,403	16.81	16,202,199	8.12
Malaysia	1,775,139	-20.15	15,233,884	-44.27
France	1,835,413	-16.37	14,070,710	18.33
Russia	2,910,813	4.67	13,897,249	-21.18
Laos	2,221,739	-37.31	12,460,665	161.75
Canada	1,845,566	11.68	10,892,289	1.29
Germany	722,275	-58.57	8,702,210	14.85
Saudi Arabia	1,162,204	25.38	7,297,444
Egypt	178,391	-34.65	6,644,403
Italy	861,331	-17.45	6,432,505	208.01
Britain	775,927	-1.88	3,956,259	45.41
Switzerland	314,874	-23.76	2,608,587
Kuwait	84,857	-1.03	1,746,207	53.46
Norway	224,464	-25.41	1,390,919
Indonesia	177,082	119.37	1,263,236	338.95
Cambodia	285,630	-7.03	1,246,733	-38.65
Ukraine	160,290	286.75	605,905	30.87
Senegal	38,664	-68.39	412,637