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...

30 More Aquatic Enterprises Approved by EU
VIET NAM - A total of 30 more domestic aquatic enterprises have been approved to export their products to the European market, according to the National Agro-forestry...

Vietnamese Concerns Over a Redefinition of Catfish
VIET NAM - The head of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), an organisation of American companies engaged in international trade in seafood, believes it "would...

Prices Rise, but Viet Nam's Fish Ponds Remain Empty
VIET NAM - Though fish prices have been moving up, tra and basa fish farmers in the Cuu Long River Delta are keeping ponds empty. As a result, many seafood processing...

Price of Export Shrimp Rises Sharply
VIET NAM - The wholesale price of Vietnamese blue-legged-prawn has seen an increase in Japan, said Viet Nam Trade Office's branch in Osaka.

Information Key to Promoting Vietnamese Basa
VIET NAM - The Vietnamese Prime Minister has said that Basa fish needs to be promoted in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries.

Concern Mounts as Vietnamese Exports Fall
VIET NAM – The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has estimated that seafood exports by mid March had decreased by 8 per cent...

Vietnam Demand Quality and Safety in Fish
VIET NAM - Authorities will inspect seafood trading firms to ensure they do not export products contaminated with banned antibiotics or dump them, hurting the entire...

Brand New Image and Markets Vital to Vietnam
VIET NAM - With Vietnamese seafood export revenues declining over eight per cent year-on-year this quarter, it is important for the domestic aquaculture sector to...

Egyptian Officials Laud Safety of Vietnamese Basa
VIET NAM - Tested samples have proved that Vietnamese basa catfish is 100 per cent safe, said the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Amin Abaza...

MARD to Find Viet Nam's True Fisheries Potential
VIET NAM - The fisheries sector needs an overall strategy to ensure sustainable development and make the most of its full potential, said an official from the...

Vietnamese Seafood to Receive European Inspection
VIET NAM – A European Union (EU) inspection delegation will arrive in the country between April 20-30 to check local aquaculture areas, fishing ports and vessels,...

Vietnamese Fish Back in Russia
VIET NAM - Russia has re-opened its market to Vietnam’s tra and basa catfish exports, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Catfish Prices Buoyed By Sinking Vietnamese Supply
VIET NAM - Tra prices have shot up in the Mekong Delta as supply struggles to meet demand after farmers, hit by severe losses last year, stopped breeding the ca...

Aquaculture Opportunities in Face of Recession
VIET NAM - Despite global downturn, export opportunities still exist for aquaculture farmers and producers.

Mekong Shrimp Farmers Pushed to the Edge
MEKONG DELTA, VIET NAM - It has been reported that a series of poor shrimp harvests in the Mekong Delta has left farmers unable to cope. Many have been forced to...

Viet Nam Becomes Eighth Largest Seafood Exporter
VIET NAM - According to reports Vietnam breaks into the new year by becoming the world's eighth largest seafood exporter.