The country's winter-spring rice output reached more than 8 million tons.

According to data released by the General Statistics Office (Ministry of Finance) on December 6, as of November 20, 2025, the whole country harvested more than 1.28 million hectares of Summer-Autumn rice, equal to 100.2% of the same period in 2024. This year's Summer-Autumn crop had relatively favorable weather at the beginning of the season for rice growth and development, however, at harvest time, heavy rains caused by storms causing flooding in some localities affected the overall harvest progress of the whole country.

Báo Tin Tức•06/12/2025

Photo caption — Gia Lai province's military forces help people in Ia Pnôn border commune harvest rice. Photo: Hong Diep/VNA

According to reports from localities, the national Winter-Spring rice yield this year is estimated at 52.4 quintals/ha, an increase of 2.2 quintals/ha compared to the 2024 Winter-Spring crop; of which, the Northern localities are estimated at 50.7 quintals/ha, an increase of 3.2 quintals/ha. The Winter-Spring rice yield in the Southern localities is estimated at 55.3 quintals/ha, an increase of 0.3 quintals/ha compared to the 2024 Winter-Spring crop. The national Winter-Spring rice output is estimated at 8.07 million tons, an increase of 314.7 tons compared to the 2024 Winter-Spring crop.

The area for cultivating the Autumn-Winter rice crop in 2025 in the Mekong Delta and Tay Ninh is estimated at 716,600 hectares, down 1,300 hectares compared to the same period in 2024 due to some localities converting part of the rice land area to grow fruit trees and vegetables for higher economic efficiency. In addition, some places have not planted seeds yet, proactively bringing water into the fields to receive alluvium to prepare for the winter-spring crop in 2025-2026.

As of November 20, 2025, localities harvested 435.7 thousand hectares of Autumn-Winter rice, accounting for 60.8% of the sown area and equal to 95.9% of the same period in 2024, mainly due to late planting, especially in An Giang , the locality with the largest Autumn-Winter rice area in the region. An Giang's harvested area is currently only 155.7 thousand hectares, accounting for 62.9% of the sown area and equal to 84.9% of the same period in 2024.

Regarding annual crops, due to the impact of natural disasters and floods, the area of most vegetable crops decreased compared to the same period in 2024. Although the planting progress decreased in most crops, in general, the northern localities quickly restored production as soon as the weather conditions stabilized. Specialized vegetable growing areas in Hanoi, Hai Duong, and Vinh Phuc are expanding the planting area to meet the needs of the end of the year and the Lunar New Year.

In addition, buffalo farming continues to decline, mainly due to the narrowing of natural grazing areas, high investment costs, long rearing periods and low profits. The cattle herd has slightly decreased mainly due to the lack of green fodder sources, high input costs and inefficient small-scale farming. However, the cattle herd has increased in some localities thanks to stable consumption markets and the development of high-tech farming systems.

Along with that, pig farming in many localities has begun to recover after the impact of African swine fever, but in the central provinces, due to the heavy impact of floods and rains, the herd restoration process has been interrupted, the scale of farming has narrowed, and the ability to restore production has encountered many difficulties.

Poultry farming in the South Central Coast and Central Highlands provinces was affected by floods, causing localized declines in output, but the number of poultry nationwide maintained an upward trend thanks to the stability and expansion of farming scale in the remaining regions.

According to the General Statistics Office, the area of newly planted forests nationwide in November is estimated at 29.9 thousand hectares, down 4.8% over the same period in 2024; the output of exploited timber reached 2,478.5 thousand m3, up 1.9% due to stable raw wood prices, many localities promoted timber exploitation to harvest time. In the 11 months of 2025, the area of newly planted forests is estimated at 281.1 thousand hectares, up 6.5% over the same period in 2024; the number of scattered forest trees reached 83 million trees, up 1%; the output of exploited timber reached 22,881.5 thousand m3, up 6.8%.

The damaged forest area in November reached 18.8 hectares, down 76% over the same period in 2024, of which 18.7 hectares of forest were cut down and destroyed, down 75.1%; the burned forest area was 0.1 hectares, down 96.9%. In the 11 months of 2025, the damaged forest area was 1,059.6 hectares, down 33.1% over the same period in 2024.

The General Statistics Office also said that the aquatic product output in November was estimated at 904,500 tons, up 2.6% over the same period in 2024. The aquaculture output in the month was estimated at 625,700 tons, up 5.4% over the same period in 2024. The exploited aquatic product output in the month was estimated at 278,800 tons, down 3.2% over the same period in 2024 due to unfavorable weather caused by storm No. 13 and the post-storm circulation, and the means of avoiding the storm on shore directly affected marine aquatic product exploitation activities. The marine aquatic product output was estimated at 259,500 tons, down 2.8% over the same period in 2024.

In the first 11 months of 2025, the total aquatic product output is estimated at 9,049.6 thousand tons, an increase of 2.9% over the same period in 2024.

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