The industrial sector was the second largest contributor and accounted for 22.8 percent. Agriculture Agriculture is the dominant sector of the Vietnamese economy. It is the main source of employment, providing livelihood for more than two-thirds of the total labour force. It also accounts for about 40 percent of Vietnam's total exports. Crop production accounts for about three quarters of the value of agricultural production while animal husbandry accounts for the remaining one quarter.
Rice is the main agricultural product.
Other major crops produced in Vietnam include maize, sweet potato, vegetables, yam and beans. Industrial crops like jute, cotton, sugar cane, peanuts and tobacco, and commodities like pepper, tea, coffee and rubber are also produced. Livestock raising has mainly been on a traditional level, with most livestock in private ownership. The role of state farms is limited to special breeding, and as such, majority of the dairy cattle can be found on state farms. However, this sector has been plagued by problems like poor breeding stock, low yields of feed crops, low protein intake by livestock, inadequate veterinary services and poor management and marketing problems.