(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After a process of peer-reviewing, the Provincial Council of Science and Technology (including the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Industry and Trade, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development) agreed to grant the right to use geographical indications for Ca Mau black tiger shrimp products (1st phase) for 3 enterprises: MINH PHU SEAFOOD Corp, Minh Phu Mangroves shrimp social Enterprise, and Ca Mau Seafood Processing & Service Joint Stock Corporation (CASES).

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The two sides have just signed a strategic cooperation agreement to contribute to the development of the shrimp value chain, from seed to table, raising the level of the Vietnamese shrimp.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam seafood exports in March 2022 were estimated at US$920 million, still maintaining a growth rate of 25% despite the war in Ukraine, which interrupted seafood exports to Russia and Ukraine from the end of February and higher transportation costs as well as costs of raw materials for production, processing and exporting of aquatic products.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The Russia-Ukraine crisis, culminating in the invasion into Ukraine on February 24, has become front of mind for people around the world. The world fisheries industry is also reeling in this war.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) To implement the approved National Program on Trade Promotion in 2022, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) organized a business delegation to participate in the 2022 North American Seafood Expo to display, introduce products and approach customers at private and public booths.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's pangasius exports this year have shown a spectacular revival, reaching a turnover of $384.8 million in the first two months of the year, a sharp increase of 93.6% over the same period last year. 

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Cuu Long Fish Joint Stock Company (CL-FISH CORP) expects to make a profit of 200 billion dong in 2022, 4 times more than last year. Instead of investing outside the business, the corporation focused its efforts on cultivating and processing pangasius for export.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Since the beginning of February, seafood stocks of shrimp and pangasius companies have recorded a spectacular breakthrough despite the erratic movements of the general market.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Tuna is one of the products that have made good use of FTAs ​​such as EVFTA and CPTPP to increase exports in the first months of 2022.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In March 2022, the VASEP Association and the International Labour Organization (ILO) cooperatively implemented and released “Practical Guide on Preventing Child Labour in Fishery Supply Chains”, with the support of Technical Support for Enhancing the National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Viet Nam (ENHANCE).

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In February 2022, Vietnam's total exports of marine products reached 219.6 million USD, up 38% on the corresponding period in 2021. During the first 2 months of 2022, exports of these products were worth 565 million USD, up 33% over the same period last year. Currently, marine products exports account for 37% of the country's total seafood export value.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On the afternoon of March 14, British University Vietnam (BUV) and the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Academic Cooperation.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's shrimp exports in the first two months of this year grew well in all major markets such as the US, EU, Japan, Korea, China, UK... In the Russian market, exports decreased due to disruption resulting from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first two months of 2022, Vietnam seafood exports to China & Hong Kong nearly doubled over the same period last year, reaching 170 million USD. In which, pangasius was the most breakthrough, increased by 240%, crabs increased by 198%, cephalopod increased by 146%.