China remains the leading market Despite many fluctuations in the international market and increasing technical barriers in key markets, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports in 2025 recorded an impressive "upstream" flow, for the first time exceeding the 8.5 billion USD mark, an increase of nearly 20% compared to 2024. Notably, the Chinese market alone brought in nearly 5 billion USD, continuing to play the leading role in the entire industry. China is currently Vietnam's largest export market for fruits and vegetables, accounting for about 64% of the total turnover. In the first 11 months of 2025, fruit and vegetable exports to this market reached nearly 5 billion USD, an increase of about 15% compared to the same period last year and already exceeding the record 4.63 billion USD for the whole of 2024. At the beginning of 2025, fruit exports, especially star fruit, faced many difficulties as China tightened control of residual gold O and Cadimi. Strict inspection measures caused ...