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.

As EMS still ravages Thailand, European vannamei buyers are plagued by continuously mounting prices. European shrimp importers are bemoaning high shrimp prices, triggered by a drop in production as a result of the early mortality syndrome (EMS) which has been depleting output in Thailand since last year.

(vasep.com.vn) “Hatcheries in Binh Dinh has made ​​great efforts to boost production, taking comparative advantages of Binh Thuan shrimp”, said Vice Chairman Huynh Thanh Canh emphasized in a meeting with Binhthuan Shrimp Hatchery Association.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam Association Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) filed an appeal to the United States Court of International Trade concerning anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese shrimp imposed by Department of Commerce (DOC) for POR8.

Once again, the Brazilian Association of Shrimp Breeders (ABCC) requested theMinistry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) to desist from opening the domestic market to allow the entrance of Argentinean shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri).

Shrimp prices in Mekong Delta have been increasing rapidly, since China has upped its demand for Vietnamese shrimp.

(vasep.com.vn) According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, aquaculture production in September 2014 reached 372 thousand MT, up 15.9% year on year, bringing accumulated aquaculture production to 2,491 thousand MT, up 4.9% year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) Minh Phu Seafood Corporation (MPC) recently announced their plans to issue corporate bonds. Accordingly, it is expected that in September, 500 unmortgaged and non-convertible bonds at par value of VND 1 billion/bond will be issued and offered to less than 100 investors in a private placement.

The claims by the US Department of Commerce (DOC) were groundless and go against the spirit of trade liberalisation and the fine economic relations between the two countries.

(vasep.com.vn) In the first 8 months of 2014, Namcan Seaproducts Import Export Joint Stock Company (Seanamico) exported 1,742 MT of shrimp, earning over US$ 31 million. Europe is the major market for this company, followed by Japan and other Asian markets.