(pangasius-vietnam.com) Pangasius sold to the U.K. market has better price than those sent to other European countries, but this is a highly demanding market in terms of product quality. In Q.I/2014, the average price of imported frozen pangasius fillets was US$3.09 per kilogram in the British market, up 5.1 percent against US$2.94 per kilogram in 2013.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first months of this year, frozen catfish fillets imported by Poland mainly came from Vietnam, not from China as before. Pangasius from Vietnam accounted for 94 percent of the total volume of goods imported by the market. The remaining of 6 percent was imported from Denmark and Germany.

The Vietnamese Pangasius (tra basa)

Mekong Fisheries Joint Stock Company

(vasep.com.vn) According to VASEP, a newly released decree on pangasius export management will create more hardships to pangasius exporters because they must register their export contracts and audit costs with the Vietnam Pangasius Association (VPA).

Agifish will use the Sai Gon Securities

(vasep.com.vn) The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is carrying out several projects that comply with the Ethnical Aquaculture Food Index (EAFI) standards set by Vietnam, Thailand, China and Bangladesh.

Aquaculture area of the southern

(vasep.com.vn) Forbes magazine has announced its selection of top 50 best listed companies in Viet Nam in 2014.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, through May 2014, pangasius exports by the country to the U.S. totaled US$126.6 million, down 26 percent year on year. After consecutively three-month reduction in Vietnam pangasius exports to the U.S. with the proportion of 18.6 percent of its total sales, EU surpassed the U.S. to claim the largest market of Vietnam pangasius. Exports to EU made up 20.7 percent of Vietnam’s total fish exports.

(vasep.com.vn) Through June 2014, Vietnam's total fish production is estimated to reach 2.8 million MT, up 4.4 percent year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish), the country's pangasius farming is being affected due to its low price in recent years.