As of April 20th, 2026, the national planted area of spring rice reached 2,932.9 thousand hectares, showing a year-on-year decrease of 36.8 thousand hectares. Of which, the Northern localities reached 1,037.5 thousand hectares, falling by 12.9 thousand hectares; the Southern localities harvested 1,486.0 thousand hectares of spring rice, accounting for 78.4% of the cultivated area and equal to 92.2% of the same period last year.
Agricultural production in May focused primarily on harvesting spring rice and other crops nationwide, alongside cultivating autumn rice across the southern localities. Pig and poultry farming developed progressively toward farm-based and bio-secure production models.
The global landscape in the first quarter 2026 (Q1 2026) remained complex and unpredictable as escalating armed conflicts in the Middle East threatened international peace and security, triggering volatile energy prices, supply chain disruptions, and mounting inflationary pressures.
Agricultural production in February focused on cultivating and tending the winter-spring rice and other crops nationwide. Pig farming witnessed a recovery, poultry farming saw a stability, ensuring food supply for consumption during the Lunar New Year.
Agricultural production in January primary focused on sowing and tending the winter-spring rice and planting crops nationwide. the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) was estimated to grow by 21.5% year-on-year.
The global socio-economic situation experienced a turbulent year with increased instability and uncertainty, as ongoing armed conflicts and fighting in numerous trouble spots fueling by strategic competition between major powers and nationalism threatened regional and global peace and security
In the 9 months of 2025, the world situation continued to perform in a complex and unpredictable manner, strategic competition among major countries became increasingly fierce, trade tensions, military conflicts, and political instability in a number of countries and regions continued to spread and prolong; financial and currency markets fluctuated, affecting the global economic growth prospects.
In November, agricultural production focused on harvesting winter-spring rice, cultivating other winter crops, caring for and restoring production and livestock affected by natural disasters and floods, especially in the coastal provinces of the South Central Coast and the Central Highlands. Wood exploitation and aquaculture witnessed a stability, ensuring raw material supply for processing and export.
In October, agricultural production focused on harvesting winter-spring rice and autumn-winter rice and planting other winter crops in the northern localities. Poultry farming witnessed a stable growth, pig farming saw a signal of recovery, the reduction of feed prices helped ensure profits for enterprises and farm households.
In August, agricultural production focused on cultivating and tending Winter-Spring rice, harvesting Summer-Autumn rice, and sowing Autumn-Winter rice in the Mekong Delta. Poultry farming witnessed a stable growth; pig farming faced challenges due to the complicated situation of African swine fever.
