Agriculture in Vietnam

Agriculture's share of GDP has declined in recent years, falling from 42% in 1989, to 26% in 1999.^[1] In 2023, agriculture and forestry accounted for about 12% of Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP).^[2] However, agricultural employment was much higher than agriculture's share of GDP; in 2005, approximately 60 percent of the employed labor force was engaged in agriculture, forestry, and fishing.^[1] Agricultural products accounted for 30 percent of exports in 2005.^[1] The relaxation of the state monopoly on rice exports transformed the country into the world's second or third largest rice exporter.^[1] Other cash crops are coffee, cotton, peanuts, rubber, sugarcane, and tea.^[1]