(vasep.com.vn) In the first 9 months of 2014, Vietnam shrimp exports reached US$ 2.93 billion, up 42.3% year on year. The US continued to be the leading import market for shrimp from Vietnam in Q3/2014 although in this quarter, Vietnam shrimp exports to the US were lower than in the first half of 2014.

(vasep.com.vn) From the beginning of 2014, Nam Can district has supplied 2,290 MT of processed seafood, 2,000 MT of which were exported. Most of exported seafood products of Nam Can were frozen shrimp. Exports reached US$ 34.5 million, up 38% year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Ca Mau Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, total fisheries production in October was estimated at 36,000 MT, making accumulated fish production of the year to over 418,000 MT.

VASEP.PRO intends to conduct two training courses in sensory evaluation for the two main export seafood subjects including shrimp and pangasius with the teaching and practice guidance of Mr. James Barnett, a leading sensory expert of the United States and a former senior official of the U.S. FDA.

(vasep.com.vn) As reported by the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, massive shrimp farming area increased sharply, reaching nearly 8,000 hectares.

Quoc Viet has become the first Asian shrimp farmer to obtain Aquaculture Stewardship Council certification.

(vasep.com.vn) The year 2014 saw a success of VN Fimex with it’s sales reached VND 2,151 billion and profit before tax was VND 50.8 billion in the first 9 months of the year.

(vasep.com.vn) Never has the area of aquaculture in Soc Trang risen as sharply as this year. Reports from People's Committee of Soc Trang reveals that total aquaculture farming area in the province in 2014 was approximately 60,000 hectares, of which brackish water shrimp accounted for over 42,000 hectares.

(vasep.com.vn) On 14-15 October 2014 in Bangkok Thailand, the 3rd Steering Committee Meeting of Shrimp Standard of ASEAN region was held with the participations of key stakeholders.

Minh Phu Seafood’s chairman, Le Van Quang, used his presentation to hammer home a point that struck a chord with the audience at GOAL 2014.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam small-scale shrimp producers’ community received special support from leading retailers and food suppliers, namely Walmart, Sam's Club, BJ's Wholesale Club (USA), Morrisons , Direct Seafoods (UK), Delhaize (Belgium), and Davigel (France).

(vasep.com.vn) In POR9 (from 1st Feruary 2013 – 31st January 2014), Department of Commerce (DOC) classified companies into 3 groups to determine the mandatory respondents.

(vasep.com.vn) General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) approved more 2 live tiger shrimp packaging facilities and 21 black tiger shrimp farms in Vietnam to export to China.

(vasep.com.vn) Thuan Phuoc Seafood & Trading Group was honored for its achievement of four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status. This is the fourth Vietnamese company to reach this achievement.

Bangladesh, a top US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) team will visit shrimp farms and processing plants in Bangladesh to find out whether the country's seafood exports meet their standards, officials said.