(vasep.com.vn) In 2014, farmers in Tien Giang province will stock 3,500 hectares of black tiger shrimp and whiteleg shrimp under the model of intensive and semi-intensive farming.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2013, shrimp farmers in Binh Thuan province has enjoyed a bumper harvest and earned high profit thanks to high shrimp price and well-controlled diseases on shrimp.

(vasep.com.vn) The Asia-Pacific Aquaculture Conference (APA-2013) with the theme “Positioning for profit” was held on December 10th – 13th, 2013 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Vietnam.

On December 10, 2013, from Vietnam, the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) aired a one-hour webinar titled “Early Mortality Syndrome: Managing the Perfect Killer”. It featured a thirty-minute, 53-slide show narrated by GAA President Dr. George Chamberlain and was followed by a thirty-minute question and answer session in which Chamberlain and the University of Arizona’s Dr. Donald Lightner answered questions about the current status of the EMS epidemic.

(vasep.com.vn) During last months of 2013, Vietnam seafood exports have been boosted thanks to higher demand from markets such as Japan and Australia were facilitated.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2013, Ca Mau province hit the record high of over US$1 billion in seafood exports. To gain the good result, the province strengthens linkage among production chain from farmers to processors and exporters in order to solve difficulties and raise productivity.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2014 shrimp crop, authorities of Ben Tre province will reinforce to quarantine shrimp seed that is produced by the province and also sourced from outside the province before stocking.

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(vasep.com.vn) Bac Lieu Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has been actively cooperating with provincial Verification and Testing Centers and Institutes for Aquaculture to find the cause of shrimp mortality. The results will be released in the upcoming time.

(vasep.com.vn)Whiteleg shrimp farming will be expanded in 2014 thanks to its high productivity and short farming period. In 2013, the export turnover of whiteleg shrimp surpassed black tiger shrimp for the first time. Besides, its export revenue contributed significantly in Vietnam’s total seafood exports.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) has finished its inspection on the traceability of whiteleg shrimp broodstocks from Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia with an aim to tighten the control of imported shrimp seed quality in Vietnam.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries (D-Fish) has recently issued the Official Letter No.3442 TCTS-NTTS on rescheduling the stock of shrimp in bracket water ponds in 2014 in order to prevent impacts of bad weather and disease risks.

Since 2005 shrimp farmers in Quang