Of which, aquatic products earned US$518 million, down 5% against the same period last year, while major forestry products brought home US$652 million, up 2.1% year-on-year.
Vietnam exported about 325 tonnes of rice worth US$136 million in the review period, a year-on-year decreases of 32% in quality and 35.1% in value, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, 127,000 tonnes of coffee were shipped abroad in January for US$287 million, down 25.5% in volume and 3.6% in value against the same period last year.
Strong tumbles were recorded in the export value of other farm products such as tea, cashew nut, pepper, and cassava.
The country earned US$16 million from exporting 11,000 tonnes of tea in the period, reducing by 3.6% in volume and 8.6% in value compared to those in January last year.
The export of cashew nut saw decreases of 20% and 4.4% in terms of volume and value, respectively.
Rubber was the only product maintaining stable export growth, with US$193 million earned from shipments of 102,000 tonnes, up 84.8% in value and 10.5% in volume from the same period last year.
