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Vietnam’s livestock and aquaculture sectors expanded in Calendar Year (CY) 2024 on steady economic growth and lower feed prices. Feed importers have increased purchases and diversified suppliers.

Cotton imports are forecast to grow by six percent to 7.6 million bales in marketing year (MY) 2025/26 based on expected growth in the textile and yarn sector.

On March 31, 2025, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) issued Decree 73/2025/ND-CP, reducing the Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) import tariff rates on corn, soybean meal, ethanol, frozen chicken drumsticks, in-shell pistachios, almonds, fresh apples, cherries, and raisins. The decree takes effect immediately.

The Vietnamese food processing industry grew by 7.4 percent in 2024 to $79.3 billion and food ingredient demand is expected to remain strong.

Vietnam’s soybean crushers are expanding capacity with new production lines coming online in the 2024/25 and 2025/26 marketing years.

In MY 2017/18, Vietnam’s cotton imports are expected to reach 1.38 million metric tons (MMT), up 15 percent over MY 2016/17, as Vietnam’s spinning sector continues to expand....

The marketing year (MY) 2017/18 and MY 2018/19 wheat import volume forecast remains high due to low domestic selling prices and good harvest reports from wheat producing countries.

Driven by strong feed demand from the livestock and aquaculture sectors and falling local soybean cultivation area, soybean imports are forecast to increase to 1.9 million metric tons....

This report provides a summary and unofficial translation of Decree 15/2018/ND-CP, dated February 2, 2018, of the Government of Vietnam (GVN), regulating the implementation of a number of articles....