The rice productivity recorded an estimate of 5,820 kilograms per ha (kg/ha), equivalent to that in 2018, the rice output saw an estimate of 43.45 million tons, down 596.8 thousand tons.

3.12 million ha of rice were cultivated in this year’s winter-spring crop, an increase of 21.8 thousand ha compared to 2018. The rice productivity reached 6,550 kg/ha, a decrease of 90 kg/ha. The yield was recorded at 20.47 million tons, a drop of 133 thousand tons.

The cultivated area of summer-autumn rice over the country this year gained 2.01 million ha, down 43.4 thousand ha; its productivity of 5,450 kg/ha witnessed a fall of 10 kg/ha; its output achieved nearly 10.95 million tons, down 260.4 thousand tons, of which the Mekong Delta had the production of 8.68 million tons, down 116.6 thousand tons.

The cultivated area of autumn-winter rice reached 724.2 thousand ha, a reduction of 7.9 thousand ha; its productivity gained 5,450 kg/ha, a rise of 30 kg/ha; its output recorded 3.95 million tons, a decrease of 19.4 thousand tons.

The cultivated winter rice area over the country achieved 1.61 million ha, down 72.3 thousand ha; its productivity gained 5,020 kg/ha, up 110 kg/ha; its yield recorded 8.08 million tons, down 184.8 thousand tons.

Regarding the production of crops and annual plants: the output of maize reached 4.76 million tons, decreasing by 117.4 thousand tons compared to 2018 due to a drop of 42 thousand ha in the cultivated area; sweet potato gained 1.4 million tons, increasing by 27.2 thousand tons (its cultivated area went down by 1.3 thousand ha); sugar cane achieved 15.27 million tons, reducing by 2.7 million tons (its cultivated area moved down by 35.7 thousand ha); cassava recorded 10.11 million tons, seeing a rise of 259 thousand tons (its cultivated area expanded by 6.5 thousand ha); peanut obtained 438.8 thousand tons, dropping by 18.5 thousand tons (its cultivated area witnessed a reduction of 8.9 thousand ha); soya bean attained 75.9 thousand tons, falling by 4.9 thousand tons (its cultivated area saw a decline of 3.8 thousand ha); vegetables of all kinds reached 17.95 million tons, jumping up by 855.3 thousand tons (their cultivated area increased by 26.1 thousand ha); beans of all kinds recorded 161.9 thousand tons, going up by 3.5 thousand tons (their cultivated area dropped by 5.3 thousand ha).

The cultivated area of perennial industrial crops in 2019 was estimated at 2,192.4 thousand ha, decreasing by 0.95 year-on-year, of which the rubber area reached 946.2 thousand ha, down 1.6%, its output for the whole year gained 1,173.1 thousand tons, up 3.1%; the pepper area gained 137.7 thousand ha, down 6.6%, its output achieved 263.5 thousand tons, up 0.3%; the coffee area was 688.3 thousand ha, up 1.1%, its yield reached 1,657 thousand tons, up 2.5%; the cashew area was 297.2 thousand ha, up 0.8%, its production attained 286.3 thousand tons, up 7.5%; the tea area recored 123 thousand ha, equivalent to its area in 2018, the bud tea production gained 1,019.9 thousand tons, up 2.6%. The fruit trees recorded a fairly good output, mainly in citrus fruits, mango and dragon fruit due to their stable consumption market. Orange reached 960.9 thousand tons, increasing by 12.4% over the previous year; pomelo attained 779.3 thousand tons, moving up by 18.2%; mango gained 814.8 thousand tons, growing by 2.9%; dragon fruit obtained 1,242.5 thousand tons, going up by 15%. Only longan and litchi saw a reduction in the output year-on-year but an increase in their selling prices because of being planted according to VietGAP, GlobalGAP standards in order to raise their value and ecomomic efficiency, of which litchi output reached 272 thousand tons, down 30.1%; longan reached 507.9 thousand tons, down 6.6%.

As of December 2019, the whole country’s buffalo population reduced by 3.1% compared to the same period last year; cattle population increased by 2.4%; pig population saw a 3.2% decline; poultry population witnessed a rise of 14.2%. Output of buffalo meat reached 95.1 thousand tons, a growth of 3.2% year-on-year; production of beef recorded 349.2 thousand tons, a rise of 4.4%; production of pork reached 3,289.7 thousand tons, a drop of 13.8%; production of poultry gained 1,278.6 thousand tons, an increase of 16.5%; poultry egg achieved 13.3 billion eggs, a rise of 14%. The output of cow’s milk reached 1,029.6thousand tons, up 10%.

In 2019, the whole country’s concentrated planted forest area was estimated at 273.6 thousand ha, a decline of 4.5% against 2018 (it was 95.9 thousand ha in the fourth quarter of 2019, down 4%); the number of separate planted trees in the whole year gained 81.1 million trees, a decrease of 1.8% (it was 20.4 million trees in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 1%); wood production achieved 16.1 million m3, a rise of 5.4% (it was 4,594 thousand m3 in the fourth quarter of 2019, up 6.3%); firewood production gained 19.5 million steres, a decline of 1% (it was 5.5 million steres, equivalent to that in the same period last year). Damaged forest area was 3,312.6 ha, 2.9 times that in 2018, of which the burnt forest area was 2,716.5 ha, 4.7 times that in 2018; the destroyed forest area was 596.1 ha, a rise of 6.6%

Fishing production in 2019 was estimated at 8,200.8 thousand tons, up 5.6% over the previous year (it gained 2,231.4 thousand tons in the fourth quarter, up 5.8%), of which fish achieved 5,925.3 thousand tons, up 5.2%; shrimp reached 1,034.8 thousand tons, up 6.8%; other aquatic products recorded 1,240.7 thousand tons, up 6%.

The output of aquaculture gained 4,432.5 thousand tons, a rise of 6.5% from 2018 (it was 1,315.5 thousand tons in the fourth quarter, up 7%), of which fish reached 3,080.4 thousand tons, increasing by 5.8%; shrimp gained 877.2 thousand tons, climbing by 8.4%.

Production of fishery caught in 2019 achieved an estimate of 3,768.3 thousand tons, increasing by 4.5% compared with that in the same period last year (it reached 915.9 thousand tons in the fourth quarter, a rise of 4.2%), of which fish gained 2,844.9 thousand tons, expanding by 4.6%; shrimp recorded 157.6 thousand tons, decreasing by 1%.