(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the report on Vietnam seafood exports in the first quarter of 2019, Vietnam’s seafood exports in the first 3 months of this year showed the slight growth of 1% to touch US$1.8 million because shrimp exports continued to decline. Vietnam’s seafood exports in the second quarter this year are forecast to rise by 8% if exports of marine products (marine finfish, tuna, cephalopod) post the sharp increase and pangasius exports show the stable growth.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnamese shrimp exports rose by 13% in July 2019, down slightly by 1.6% in August and continued to decrease by 7.4% in September. Vietnamese shrimp exports in September 2019 reached US$307.3 million, decreased by 7.4%. Accumulated in the first 9 months of 2019, shrimp exports reached US$2.4 billion, down 7% from the same period in 2018.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnamese shrimp exports to China rose by 10% to nearly US$47 million in June 2019. In the first six months of 2019, exports to this market declined by 4.9% to US$233.5 million.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu will work closely with FLC Group and Viet Uc Group to build and develop brands for local shrimp products under a cooperative deal inked between the provincial People’s Committee and the two corporations on October 3.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam shrimp exports in the first six months of 2019 reached US$1.4 billion, down 12% compared to the same period of 2018. Raw material shrimp price decreased, export prices has not increased, import demand went down from the main markets and fierce competition from India, Ecuador were the main factors that makes Vietnam shrimp exports could not increase.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition 2019 (Vietfish 2019) hosted by VASEP will take place from 29 to 31 August 2019 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), 799 Nguyen Van Linh, Dist. 7, HCMC, Vietnam. As part of the outstanding activities at VIETFISH 2019, VASEP is planning to hold 06 major conferences and forum to provide multi-dimensional information for seafood importers and exporters and units in the seafood services supply chain, international importers/retailers and domestic and foreign customers, ...

The EU market looks a strong opportunity for Vietnamese shrimp exports in the coming years, said Nguyen Tien Thong of Danish research body Syntesa.

Viet-Uc Seafood Corporation – Vietnam’s largest shrimp postlarvae producer with a capacity of over 50 billion, and nine production sites – is well on its way in its rapid expansion into high-tech, sustainable greenhouse farming, business controlling director Vu Duc Tri told Undercurrent News at the country's annual Vietfish trade show.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After falling sharply in the first 3 months of 2019, Vietnam shrimp exports to the US in April and May has shown signs of inching up. In particular, breaded shrimp products exports from Vietnam to the US recorded good growth. Along with objective and subjective support factors, this can be considered an opportunity for enterprises to boost export of this product to the US.

Au Vung Seafood has been established and come for production since year 2005. The office and factories are located in Gia Rai town, Bac Lieu province, Viet Nam where is considered as center of shrimp farming. Since our both factories’ locations are not only among shrimp farming areas but also convenient for cross transporting between land- way and river- way, so materials shrimp gathering and distributing to the factories are much favorable.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The overseas Japanese community has nearly 3 million people in many countries such as Brazil, the United States, the Philippines...The demand for seafood products of the community is quite large, in which Vietnamese shrimp is one of the indispensable product.

Quoc Viet Corporaton is one of the largest shrimp exporters in Vietnam, established in 1996 and have 23 years of experience in trading, producing and exporting of shrimp. Our products are very diversified. Next to the traditional Black tiger and Vannamei shrimp products, we also produce other value added items such as ring shrimp, breaded shrimp, marinate shrimp, etc…

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the context of an effective Vietnam-EU Trade Agreement (EVFTA), shrimp is one of the seafood products benefiting from tariff preferences of this Agreement. However, joining the Agreement also poses many challenges for export enterprises.

Vietnamese shrimp giant Minh Phu Seafood is hoping its new shrimp farming technology, financially facilitated by Japanese Mitsui’s share purchase, will create a fundamental change in the shrimp aquaculture sector.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam will have more opportunities to boost shrimp exports to the EU after the Vietnam Free Trade Agreement with the European Union (EVFTA) takes effect.