On November 15 2006 Hung Vuong Co.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Through October 2013, Cadovimex II Seafood Import-Export and Processing Joint Stock Company (Cadovimex II) has fulfilled 60 percent of its annual plan on pangasius export. This year, Cadovimex II is trying to keep last year’s pangasius export volume. The total income is expected to be US$25 million, lower than that reported in 2012.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Chapter I - European Seafood Market Summary and Recommendations - Feedback from the retailer interviews overwhelmingly stated that while both retailers and customers were not willing to pay more for certification, they were willing to pay more for quality. This did not mean that certification was any less important in reducing risk or building brand credibility. Explore how responsible practices at the farm and processing level contribute to improved quality.

(vasep.com.vn) All products of plant, animal and fish origin imported into Mexico from countries including Vietnam must comply with new quarantine regulations by Mexico from July 29, 2014.

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(pangasius-vietnam.com) Pangasius farmers and processors do not have to use their cultivated land or properties for financial justification to borrow money from banks. Loans will be offered to borrowers from the pangasius sector on the base of their total investment in fish production, according to a new pilot policy of An Giang province. However, fish farmers and processors must join in pangasius integrated production chain to be beneficiaries.

(vasep.com.vn) As of 25 June 2014, HungCa Co., Ltd has the total of 4 pangasius farms certified by VietGAP standard with the total area of 104.8 hectares and estimated production of 41,800 MT.

(vasep.com.vn) In the framework of Vietfish 2014, the project “Establishing a Sustainable Pangasius Supply Chain in Vietnam” – SUPA (co-sponsored by EU), Vietnam Pangasius Forum and VASEP will organize “Vietnam Pangasius Forum - Vietfish 2014” with the theme “The sustainable growth for pangasius at European market” on Aug 6th 2014. For detail:

(vasep.com.vn) The People Committee of Vinh Long province has recently approved the project of upgrading and expanding a fish seed center located in Tan Hoi commune, Vinh Long city with total investment of VND70 billion. The hatchery will be expanded from 6.8 hectares to the scale of 18 hectares in the period from 2015 to 2018.

(vasep.com.vn) Ca Mau Department of Science and Technology applied successfully the project of high productivity and quality of shrimp products by 2020. After two-year implementation of the project, the productivity of industrial shrimp farming reached 12-18 MT per hectare.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2014, provinces in the Mekong Delta target to raise aquaculture area to 800,000 hectares, up 5,000 hectares year-on-year. Accordingly, local fish production is expected to hit 2.4 million MT, up over 400,000 MT.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first 9 months of 2013, An Giang province exported 127 thousand MT of seafood, worth by US$311 million, up 6.3 percent in value compared with the same time of 2012.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Sub-Department of Aquaculture in Tra Vinh province, up to now, in the locality, more than 2,100 households bred 588 million ofwhiteleg shrimp seed on the area of 1,190 hectares.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) In the first half of 2013, domestic pangasius production totaled around 560,000 MT, decreasing by 3 percent from that reported in the corresponding period of 2011, according to Vietnam Department of Statistics.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) So far, Vinh Long - a Mekong Delta-based province - totaled 2,950 hectares of water surface for fish aquaculture, fulfilling more than 92 percent of its yearly plan. The province farmed pangasius on an area of 433 hectares and produced 56,000 MT of fish, according to Vinh Long Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.