Vietnam aims to export over 10 million tonnes of seafood worth US$11.5 billion this year.
This would mark a 0.6% increase in volume from 2025, said Pham Quang Toan, deputy director general of the Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Surveillance, at a conference on Wednesday.
Exports of capture fisheries are expected to reach about 3.75 million tonnes, down 2.1%, while those of aquaculture are projected at 6.25 million tonnes, up 2.2%.
Tran Dinh Luan, the department’s director general, said Vietnam’s seafood sector will continue to reduce capture fisheries while expanding aquaculture in a sustainable, climate-resilient manner to enhance competitiveness, with a strong focus on shifting from a production mindset to a fisheries economy and from single-value growth to integrated multi-value development.
According to the fisheries department, total seafood output in 2025 reached 9.95 million tonnes, up 3% from 2024. Capture fisheries accounted for 3.83 million tonnes, equivalent to 99.8% of the 2024 level, while aquaculture output reached 6.1 million tonnes, up 5.1%. Seafood export turnover was estimated at over $11 billion last year, an increase of 12.7%.
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