In rice production of the whole year, winter-spring rice yield reached 20.8 million tons, rose 780,800 tons due to the productivity of 6690 kg/ha, an increase of 230 kg/ha; summer-autumn rice yield gained 14.5 million tons, reduced by 93,100 tons; winter rice yield was estimated to obtain 9.6 million tons, rose 267,500 tons.

The country this year had 2.5 million buffaloes, down 1.9% compared with 2013 due to the narrowed grazing land; 5.2 million oxen, up 1.5%, only still development in raising dairy cattle, total number of dairy cattle in 2014 over the country reached 227,600 heads, an increase of 22.1% against 2013; 26.8 million pigs, up 1.9%; 327.7 million fowls, up 3.2% (246 million chickens, a rise of 4.9%). Production of live-weight meat of all kinds this year was estimated to reach a relative level, of which production of buffalo meat gained 86,900 tons, increased by 1.6%, beef reached 292,900 tons, by 2.6%; pork obtained 3.4 million tons, by 3.1%; and poultry achieved 875,000 tons, by 5.3%.

Concentrated planted forest area reached an estimate of 226,100 ha, raised by 6.1% from 2013; the number of dispersed planted trees gained 155.3 million trees, equaling 98.7% of the last year’s figure; wood production achieved 6456 thousand m³, a relative rise of 9.3% from 2013.

Estimated fishing production in 2014 reached 6332.5 thousand tons, increased by 5.2% over the last year, of which there were 4571 thousand tons of fish, a rise of 4.5% and 790,500 tons of shrimp, a rise of 9.3%.Estimated aquaculture production during the year reached 3413.3 thousand tons, grew by 6.1% compared with the previous year, of which there were 2449.1 thousand tons of fish, an increase of 4.1% and 631,500 tons of shrimp, an increase of 12.7%. Estimated caught products reached2919.2 thousand tons, a rise of 4.1%, of which sea catching reached 2711.1 thousand tons, an increase of 4%.

Source: General statistics office