Negotiations between Ecuador and the European Union on the future of its zero duty trade agreement are to resume in Brussels next week. The discussions will focus on the potential to extend the South American country’s GSP+ status with the region until the end of 2015.

(vasep.com.vn) In the fourth quarter of 2013, after-tax profit of Sa Giang Import Export Corporation (Sagimexco) totaled VND6.2 billion. Its net revenue in the quarter touched VND58.5 billion. The cumulative figure to the end of 2013 was VND201.01 billion.

(vasep.com.vn) Aquaculture in Long An province has performed well because the quality of shrimp seed is ensured, sedimentation ponds are established and farmers obey farming techniques guided by experts.

Farmers in Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces

Vietnamese businesses need to conduct research into the Bangladesh market to boost export value, the Africa, West Asia, and South Asia Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has said.

(vasep.com.vn) In January 2014, industrial shrimp farming area of Ca Mau province increased by 50 hectares from 2013, bringing the locality’s total industrial shrimp farming area to 6,043 hectares.

(vasep.com.vn) After a record of more than US$1 billion of seafood exports in 2013, Ca Mau fishery industry continues to see positive signs in its sales abroad in early 2014.

(vasep.com.vn) Rice-shrimp farming model is being developed fast in the Mekong Delta provinces because natural conditions in the region are suitable for developing the model, input costs are low and the model fetches high profit to farmers.

(vasep.com.vn) The export-driven fishery industry is the key economic sector of Ca Mau province. In 2013, seafood exports brought back US$1 billion. The figure is expected to increase to US$1.2 billion in 2014.

Farmers in Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces

Fishermen from Pho Quang Commune, Duc Pho District, Quang Ngai Province earn millions of VND every night from harvesting baby lobsters since the Tet holidays.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2013, Khanh Hoa province, a large shrimp farming area of Vietnam, stocked 1,800 hectares of whiteleg shrimp with harvest production of 29,500 MT, 95 percent of which was processed to export. Shrimp exports by the province became a main impetus to raise the locality's seafood export turnover.

(vasep.com.vn) Farmers in Vietnam, particularly in the Mekong Delta of the country are expanding whiteleg shrimp farming area after earning high profit in 2013 thanks to well-controlled diseases, high price and demand of the species.

(vasep.com.vn) Soc Trang province, leading industrial shrimp farming region in Vietnam, made up 20 percent of total shrimp export turnover of the country. Farmers are applying advanced technologies in farming process to raise productivity and quality of the products.