GENERAL INFORMATION

Vietnam, with a coastline of over 3,260 kilometers (km) and more than 3,000 islands and islets scattered offshore, plus up to 2,860 rivers and estuaries, has been geographically endowed with ideal conditions for the thriving fishery sector which currently exists.

Great potential of fishery sector in Vietnam is embedded in water bodies of 1.700.000 ha in which 811.700 ha freshwater, 635.400 ha brackish waters and 125.700 ha coves and 300.000 - 400.000 ha wetland areas might be employed for aquaculture development.

The Mekong River Delta in the south and the Red River Delta in the north have been used for wild catch fishing as well as extensive fish farming.

Shrimp and pangasius mostly farmed in the Mekong River Delta, in which, shrimp farmes located in coastal provinces such as Tra Vinh, Bac Lieu, Soc Trang, Ca Mau, Kien Giang, Ben Tre..

Pangasius farming is developing in many provinces in Mekong River Delta such as Can Tho, Vinh Long, Tien Giang, An Giang, Dong Thap, Soc Trang, Hau Giang, Tra Vinh....

Production in the fishery sector grew at an average rate of 7.05% from 1991 to 2000, and 10% from 2001 to now. Vietnamese fisheries production increased steadily YoY. Aquaculture output tent to sharply rise while capture ouput tend to slow down. In 2023, aquaculture occupied 59%, fishing output occupied 41%. From 2018-2023, ratio of fishing output has decreased from 46% to 41% of total fishery production in Vietnam. In 2023, total aquaculture area was 5.408 million tons, up 3.5%; total fishing output was 3.861 million tons, equal to 2022.

The model of capability improvement of Vietnam marine fish culture

09:36 09/23/2016

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The project of improving the capability of marine finfish culture in Vietnam under Norwegian technology has implemented by Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1 since 2011. The project is entering the final phase and bringing economic efficiency. The project was carried out in Van Thanh commune, Van Ninh district, Khanh Hoa province.

The model applied a new type of cage with HDPE plastic manufactured by engineers, which help to reduce production costs and increased reliability for the cages.

The farming cage had a perimeter of 60 meters, a depth of 8 meters. Farmers can harvest 20-30 MT of fish annually, which are mainly short-fin pomfret, long-fin pomfret and cobia. Farmers can earn around VND1 billion from a farming cage after excluding costs. This model can be applied in distant waters, which can help to reduce diseases, whereby the mortality is also reduced to 20%.

Currently, Khanh Hoa Agriculture and Fishery Extension Center along with Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1 are training and guiding farmers to apply the new cage model and take advantage of funds from many sources to support farmers to develop the model.

Compiled by Dieu Thuy