Northern Areas Face Dilemmas
HA NOI – Coastal and lowland provinces in northern Viet Nam are planning to boost sustainable development of aquaculture, but must tackle hurdles such as limited investment in aquaculture infrastructure and poor planning in the sector.

Rare Mekong Fish Out Of Danger
VIET NAM - Scientist Huynh Huu Ngai has helped one rare species of fish survive and boost its population in Cuu Long (Mekong) River.

Seafood industry sails into bigger waters
VIET NAM - Vietnam's booming seafood industry earned US$300 million from exports in April. It raised the total seafood export turnover in the first four months of this year to more than US$1 billion - a year-on-year increase of 21%.

Stiff reminder for firms exporting to the EU
VIET NAM - The National Fishery Quality and Veterinary Directorate Agency (Nafiqaved) has issued Vietnamese companies with a reminder about EU export requirements and documentation.

Vietnamese “tra” and “basa” catfish wins EU customers
VIET NAM - Viet Nam’s “tra” and “basa” catfish, on display at the European Seafood Exposition, in Brussels, Belgium, has won interest from a number of European businesses.

Vietnam trying to settle shrimp lawsuit amicably
VIET NAM - Vietnamese shrimp exporters are trying to reach an agreement with the US Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) regarding the annual administration review over anti-dumping tax rates, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers...

Vietnam battles infection in shrimp
VIETNAM - Thua Thien Hue province reported that shrimp in over 30 ha of farms had died en mass.

Additional seafood companies allowed to export to EU
VIET NAM - The EU has officially added 37 Vietnamese seafood companies to the list of companies allowed to export products to the market, raising the number of approved companies to 245.

Vietnam seeks $100 mln in fish sales
VIET NAM - Vietnam's largest fish exporter, Navico, expects to earn $100 million in catfish exports to Russia this year, the Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday.

Fish farming hit hard by oil slicks
VIET NAM - Showing oil clods and dead shellfish on the beach last Friday, Khong Van Hung, chairman of Bao Thuan Village in Ben Tre Province’s Ba Tri District, said that 1,500 tons of shellfish along a five-kilometer coastline has been lost.

Basa farmers cash in with technology
MEKONG DELTA - Fish farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are making big bucks exporting the ever popular basa catfish.

Vietnam develops plan to streamline breeding farms
VIETNAM - is mapping out a master plan to govern practices on breeding farms, to be completed by 2008, in an effort to upgrade output and product quality, agricultural officials said at a meeting Tuesday.

Shrimp exporters cleared from investigation
VIET NAM - The US Southern Shrimp Alliance (SSA) has decided to disengage itself from the proposal on investigating the 410 shrimp exporters from six different countries which were defendants in the anti-dumping lawsuits, during the second administrative...

Huge profitability prompts catfish-breeding spree in Delta region
VIET NAM - Off highway 91 that links Can Tho City and An Giang province, a plethora of farms raising and processing breeder “tra” catfish have sprouted up.

Mekong shrimp farms make gains but need strategic plan: ministry
HO CHI MINH CITY - Mekong Delta shrimp output is growing as farmers convert low-yield rice paddies into shrimp farms, but the industry needs to fight disease and plan for the future to reach its potential.