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HANOI, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam has so far this year exported 13.7 billion U.S. dollars worth of farm produce, forest products and seafood, up 9.5 percent against the same period last year.

Specifically, Vietnam made seafood export turnovers of 2.8 billion U.S. dollars, and veggie and fruit export earnings of nearly 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, seeing year-on-year rises of 10.4 percent and 38 percent, respectively, its Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Sunday.

Of the seafood export turnovers, 53.5 percent came from the American, Japanese, Chinese and South Korean markets.

Vietnam is estimated to have reaped 2.9 million U.S. dollars from shipping abroad wood and wood-based products in the first five months of this year, up 9.9 percent. Of the money, 35.6 percent came from the Chinese market, the ministry said, adding that China also remained Vietnam's biggest rice importer.

In the five-month period, Vietnam exported 1.3 million tons of rice worth 1 billion U.S. dollars, posting respective increases of 1.6 percent and 1.2 percent. Meanwhile, it exported 693,000 tons of coffee worth nearly 1.6 billion U.S. dollars, down 15.9 percent in volume but up 11 percent in value.