Viet Nam Fisheries Exports up 8% year-on-year
HA NOI - Seafood exports last month increased 8.2 per cent year-on-year to US$192 million, according to the Ministry of Fisheries, due in part to a seasonal rise in demand.

Fisheries college trains farm staff
HA NOI - While aquaculture farms have provided millions of jobs and stable income for farmers, the fisheries sector has to focus on developing human resources for sustainably developing the sector, according to experts.

Oil slick abates in Da Nang, Quang Nam, soils Hue
VIET NAM - After blackening beaches and hurting tourism in Da Nang city and Quang Nam province, an oil spill detected last week off central Vietnam has decimated shrimp farms in Thua Thien Hue province.

Pioneering snail-fed shrimp farms yield higher profits
BAC LIEU - A shrimp breeder in Bac Lieu Township has successfully pioneered the use oc buou vang, or golden snails, which are prolific pests that eat through farmers’ crops, to feed tiger prawns.

Basa catfish export value to surpass 1 billion USD
VIETNAM - The target of earning over 1 billion USD from exports of "tra" and "basa" catfish export is achievable in 2007, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

Tra, basa fish farmers reap record profits
VIETNAM - Tra and basa catfish prices have risen to record high levels as supply struggles to keep pace with demand, says Nguyen Van Thanh, director of the provincial Fisheries Department here.

Vietnam asks Russia to put off aquaculture inspection till March
VIETNAM - A Vietnamese agency has asked Russian authorities to delay their planned inspection of aquatic product processing businesses in Vietnam until March, citing a busy schedule and the lunar New Year festival.

Fisheries sector well prepared for integration
VIETNAM - Having experienced the difficulties of the market mechanism, the Vietnamese fisheries sector is now fully capable of integrating into the global economy, and is prepared to face increased competition and more regular trade barriers.

Vietnam wants Russia to delay aquaculture inspection
VIETNAM - The National Fisheries Quality and Veterinary Directorate (Nafiqaved) has requested Russian authorities to delay their plan to inspect Vietnam’s aquaculture establishments until March.

Agriculture programme fights sector’s setbacks in HCM City
HO CHI MINH CITY - The Agricultural Economic Restructuring Programme has helped HCM City’s agricultural sector maintain growth despite the year’s difficulties.

Tra, basa prices hit records
VIET NAM - Tra and basa prices have been staying firm at record high levels over the last two weeks – at more than VND15,000 per kilogramme.

Vietnam catfish producer to hit stock market
HO CHI MINH CITY - Navico, one of Vietnam's largest tra catfish producers and processors, plans to make an initial public offering of shares and list on the Ho Chi Minh City exchange in the first quarter of this year.

Vietnam Gov cracks down on chemicals in seafood
VIETNAM - The use of banned chemicals and antibiotics in the production and processing of seafood for export must be more strictly regulated, according to a decision issued by the Prime Minister.

High growth in tra and basa catfish export
VIET NAM - Viet Nam estimated exported 210,000 tonnes of "tra" and "basa" catfish in 2006, fetching US$560 million, according to the Ministry of Fisheries.

Not all Vietnamese farmers are poor!
MEKONG RIVER DELTA - At a remote Tan Loc Islet on the Mekong River Delta locked on all sides by the Hau (Bassac) River in southern Can Tho City’s Thot Not district, three farmers are leisurely having coffee on a pavement on morning when their subject...