Can Mekong farmers harness floods?
VIETNAM - Scientists suggest using the floods as a managed natural resource, that when used effectively could improve people's living standards, develop production and protect the environment. The delta is home to 17mil people in it's 13 provinces...

Vietnam Jan-Sep FDI Pledges Up 26% At $5.15 Billion - Official
VIETNAM - Newly pledged foreign direct investment in Vietnam is estimated to have risen 26% on year in the first nine months of the year to $5.15 billion, a government official said Friday. "This is a record for Vietnam, thanks to our efforts...

Viet Nam seafood exports rise 21%
VIETNAM - The value of the nation’s seafood exports is set to top US$2.3 billion in the first nine months of this year, a 21 per cent increase over the same period last year, including $292 million in September alone, the Ministry of Fisheries has reported. During...

Vietnam : Minister urges UN to integrate developing nations in WTO
VIETNAM - First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Le Cong Phung has urged member nations of United Nations General Assembly to support and assist developing countries to enter the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the earliest. He said that it...

Fisheries official calls for improved fish farming plan
VIETNAM - Breeding higher quality catfish and lowering soil and water pollution in aquatic farming areas would ensure the future of the tra and basa catfish industry, a fisheries official has said. Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Nguyen Thi Hong...

Vietnam Urges New Measures To Boost Aquaculture Exports
VIETNAM - Progressive trade promotion, seeking new markets and accurate forecasting of product consumption are considered as important and urgent measures needed to help the aquaculture sector to boost its exports. These measures have been strengthened...

Nam Dinh licenses first foreign investment in aquaculture
VIETNAM - The Red River Delta province of Nam Dinh has licensed a Taiwan-invested project on raising giant Pacific Oyster scientically named Crassostrea gigas, with an initial investment of US$120,000.

The project, covering 10 hectares of water,...

Seafood exports to reach US$3 billion
VIETNAM - The seafood industry of Vietnam witnessed dynamic growth and quick expansion in export markets in the January – August period. According to the Ministry of Trade, Vietnam earned US$2.008 billion from seafood exports in the first 8 months...

Mekong Delta breeds Ho fish
VIETNAM - Scientists at the HCM City-based Research Institute for Aquaculture No 2 have successfully raised rare Ho fish (giant barb) in an effort to bring the nearly extinct Mekong River Delta species back to prominence, said local authorities. Pham...

Vietnam a seafood sector ready to start
VIETNAM - Marine fish farming is still undeveloped in Vietnam. Besides, Vietnam now needs high-tech systems for marine fishing and its fishing fleet. A group of Norwegian companies in June seized the opportunity to gain more insight into what...

Vietnam reaps bigger seafood export revenues in 8 months
VIETNAM - Vietnam is estimated to post seafood export turnover of more than 2 billion U.S. dollars in the first eight months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 20.8 percent, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers on...

Fish nearing extinction successfully multiplied
VIETNAM - The Ho Chi Minh City-based Research Institute for Aquaculture No 2 has successfully multiplied two species of fish that are nearing extinction, reported local authorities Thursday. Pham Van Khanh, director of the institute’s Center for...

Vietnam to produce bio-fuel from tra fish fat
VIETNAM - Saigon Petro and An Giang Fisheries Import – Export Company (Agifish) have signed a memorandum on setting up a joint venture to produce bio-fuel from tra and basa fat. Nguyen Dinh Huan, Deputy Director General of Agifish said that a plant...

Catfish shipped to Australia must be labelled ‘basa’
VIETNAM - The ‘Basa’ label must be applied to all Vietnamese catfish exports to Australia, announced Vietnam’s National Fisheries Quality Assurance and Veterinary Directorate (Nafiqaved). Based on the list of standards for seafood trade names...

Scientists see huge potential in captive-bred seahorses
VIETNAM - Scientists at the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography in the south central province of Khanh Hoa have bred three species of seahorses in captivity. Trade in seahorses, which are used in Chinese traditional medicine and in home aquariums,...

Youth Union carries out $1.25 million aquaculture project
VIETNAM - Vietnam Central Youth Union in coordination with its provincial agency in central Thanh Hoa province Saturday launched a ground-breaking ceremony for its biggest-ever project of aquaculture in the locality. The VND40 billion, or US$1.25...

Researchers find economical way of producing water purifing material
VIETNAM - Revolutionary technology in the production of zeolit, a filtration material useful in areas including seafood breeding and environment protection, invented by a team led by Dr Ta Ngoc Don allows for nationwide use.

More Vietnamese exporters OK’d to ship fish to the EU
VIETNAM - The European Union (EU) has officially added the names of 38 enterprises to the list of enterprises eligible to export seafood to the bloc, according to the local industry organization. Mid-last month the European Commission (EC) introduced...

Seafood exports soar 25% to US$1.3 bil
VIETNAM - Vietnam earned US$1.34 billion in revenue from seafood exports in the first half of this year, a 25.4 per cent increase year-on-year, according to Fisheries Minister Ta Quang Ngoc. Viet Nam’s key export markets include the EU, the US,...

Japan tightens inspection on Vietnam seafood imports
VIETNAM - Japan, one of the major importers of food from Vietnam, will tighten quality inspections concerning the content of antibiotics on cuttlefish imported from Vietnam. Japan will focus on the content of the antibiotics chloramphenicol, aflatoxin,...

Firm to make biofuel from catfish fat
VIETNAM - Vietnamese catfish processor and exporter Agifish plans to turn catfish fat into fuel to run diesel engines, a company official said on Monday.

US selects Vietnamese exporters for anti-dumping tariffs review
VIETNAM - The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has chosen three Vietnamese shrimp exporters at random for a review of anti-dumping tariffs against them, Vietnam’s fisheries ministry said. These included Amanda Foods, Phuong Nam, and Fimex. The...