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.

Russian officials inspect domestic seafood facilities
HA NOI - Russian officials from the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance began inspections yesterday of fishing ports, fish markets, aquacultural farms, and seafood processing plants in Viet Nam.

Mystery oil spill decimates shrimps in Vietnam resort town
VIET NAM - The oil slick that was first noticed last Sunday is killing off shrimps being bred along the sea in Vung Tau town in southern Vietnam with authorities continuing to remain in the dark about its source.

Rise in Tra Prices Causes Land Fever
VIET NAM - Tra prices have increased within the last few days, reaching the record level of VND17,200/kg. As a result of this, land plots which could be turned into ponds for aquaculture have reached a heightening of prices.

Russian inspectors in Vietnam to inspect seafood establishments
VIETNAM - Russian inspectors from the Federal Service of Veterinary and Phytoveterinary Surveillance (VPSS) have arrived to Vietnam in a plan to examine fishing ports, fish markets, aquaculture and seafood processing establishments.

Vietnam's seafood exports leap
HA NOI - Viet Nam earned US$450 million from seafood exports in January and February of this year - according to the Ministry of Fisheries, a year-on-year increase of 42 per cent.

Prohibited substance found in shrimp exports to Japan again
VIET NAM - Earlier this week, two consignments of common tiger prawns exported to Japan have been found as containing the prohibited substance, AOZ - a derivative of Nitrofuran.

Catfish material shortage grieves seafood processors
VIET NAM - Catfish material prices keep increasing since the days before Tet, which makes farmers happy and processors miserable.

Tra, basa catfish prices continue to increase
HA NOI - The Ministry of Fisheries has announced that the price of tra and basa catfish rose to VND18,000 a kilogram in February from VND16,000 a month earlier.

Seafood exports to rise after EU commission approval: ministry
HA NOI - Seafood exports to Europe will increase by 10-15 per cent this year, according to the National Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary Directorate (Nafiquaved), following key inspections by foreign officials.

Diversify shrimp export products or lose Japanese market, producers warned
VIET NAM - Vietnamese exporters have been advised to diversify their shrimp export products, otherwise, they will lose the Japanese market.

Vietnamese Catfish farmers to receive Agribank loans
VIET NAM - Farmers raising tra catfish for export in An Giang will receive VND500-700 billion (US$31-43 million) in loans from the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank) and the An Giang Fisheries Association.

Exporter re-enters US market after shrimp-dumping fracas
HA NOI - Investment, Commercial and Fisheries Joint Stock Company, or Incomfish, has recently exported two containers of shrimp worth US$12.5 million to the US, marking a major return to the market for the company.

Vietnam catfish prices reach record high
VIET NAM - Some businesses said the low output of tra and basa catfish on farms this year had forced their prices up.

Vietnamese tra and basa catfish change world consumer habits
VIET NAM - The Fisheries Ministry has quoted the Fisheries Information System (FIS) as saying that tra and basa catfish from Vietnam together with tuna and tilapia have created changes in Americans' and Europeans' consumer habits.

Catfish farmers try to boost production
HCM CITY - Farmers in the Mekong Delta are scrambling to increase catfish output as a massive supply shortage despite skyrocketing prices sees processors working at half capacity.