Vietnam To Educate On Aquaculture
VIET NAM - Fifteen fisheries officials from the Department of Fisheries and Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) will depart on a month-long study tour to Vietnam...

Clam Fishery Receives MSC Certification
VIETNAM - The Ben Tre clam fishery in Vietnam has received Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, becoming the first fishery in Southeast Asia to meet the...

Cambodian Officials Study Aquaculture in Viet Nam
VIET NAM - A Cambodian government delegation is currently visiting Viet Nam on a fact-finding mission.

Start of Vietnamese Catfish Exports to Brazil
VIETNAM - Some 60 companies will be able to export catfish to Brazil after passing inspections.

Seafood Assoc Calls for Drop in RM Import Duty
VIET NAM - The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) is proposing a cut in import tariff on raw materials (RM) to boost seafood exports...

Rising Costs, Falling Demand Hit Catfish Farmers
VIETNAM - Falling demand and rising costs are forcing thousands of catfish farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta to sell their businesses or go bankrupt.

Aqua-Products Exports Mount Up Sharply
VIET NAM - Aqua-products exports showed signs of recovery and grew sharply in such markets as US and EU countries with a total export volume and value increased...

Seafood Exports Show Recovery
VIET NAM - Seafood exports have shown signs of rapid recovery over the last few months and could reach 100,000 tonnes worth more than US$400 million in August, according...

Catfish Farmers Struggle While Exports Surge
VIETNAM - Tra catfish accounts for the largest chunk of seafood exports and is expected to fetch US$1.2-1.3 billion this year, but farmers have not profited much...

Sector Hauls in $737m as Catfish Exports Recover
VIET NAM - The export of tra and basa catfish has started to recover, delegates at a teleconference in Ha Noi yesterday agreed.

New Trade Barriers Hinder Vietnamese Tra and Basa
VIETNAM - Tra and Basa fish exporters and processors are coping with more difficulties after the US extended technical barriers against the import of these products...

Chinese Prawns Pile on Misery at the Mekong
VIET NAM - Many shrimp breeders in the Mekong Delta Province of Bac Lieu recently made losses due to breeding giant freshwater prawns imported from China....

Export Struggles Hit Vietnamese Seafood Sector
VIETNAM - Since early this year, the Vietnamese seafood sector has seen its growth at a five-year record low. By the end of July, seafood exports only reached US$2.16...

Agreement Aids Vietnam’s Seafood Exports to Japan
VIET NAM – Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (VJEPA) will create huge opportunities for the penetration of Vietnam’s aquatic exports to penetrate Japan’s market...

Vietnamese Fish Exports Fall Short of Target
VIET NAM - Viet Nam expects to make US$1.2 billion in exports of tra and basa this year, against the target of US$1.3 billion.

Shrimp Market Shrinks
VIET NAM - Global shrimp consumption is expected to decline further in the remaining months of the year due to the economic downturn, predicts the Viet Nam Association...

New Development: Viet Nam Looks Out to Sea
VIET NAM - The nation plans to develop its maritime economy into the main driving force for economic growth.

Vietnamese Fisheries Output up 7.7 Per Cent
VIET NAM - The national aquatic product output in the first six months is 1,161,000 tonnes, an increase of 7.7 per cent compared to the same period last year according...

Tough Times for Vietnamese Seafood Sector
VIET NAM - The provision of inaccurate information has psychologically affected consumers from importing countries as well as Vietnamese businesses’ export-import...

EU - Top Consumer of Vietnam’s Aquatic Products
VIET NAM - The European Union (EU) ranks first among markets consuming Vietnam’s aquatic products with US$357 million, making up 26 percent of the country’s seafood...

Committee Focus on Regulations and Restrictions
VIET NAM - A steering committee on tra fish production and consumption in the Mekong Delta held its first meeting in Can Tho City this week, addressing the need...

Vietnamese Ministry Cries Out Against Catfish Duties
VIET NAM - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a statement voicing its strong opposition against the US International Trade Commission (ITC)’s decision...

Viet Nam Battles for Share of US Market
VIET NAM - Viet Nam’s tra and basa (catfish) exporters have been steadily increasing their sales in the American market, and now American catfish producers are putting...

Is the Golden Age for Vietnamese Tra Over?
VIET NAM - Tra (Vietnamese catfish) farmers in the Mekong River Delta are miserable because fish prices have been sliding continuously even while fish production...

US Maintains Antidumping Tax on Vietnamese Fish Fillets
VIET NAM - The US International Trade Commission sustained existing antidumping duties on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam for another five years Tuesday.