Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony to launch the construction of a high-tech agricultural area specialised in shrimp development in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on January 30 as part of a local investment promotion conference.

Export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products in January 2018 was estimated at 3.09 billion USD, up 25.9 percent against the same period last year.

Authorities in the central coastal province of Phu Yen will spend nearly 2.12 VND trillion (93 million USD) developing aquaculture from now until 2025.

Farmers in Ben Tre province’s Thanh Phu district have earned high profits from rotating rice and shrimp cultivation in the same rice field.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An plans to increase its aquatic farming area by 200 hectares to approximately 9,200 hectares and expects to produce 52,550 tonnes of aquatic products this year.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has accomplished targets set by the government this year, said Deputy Minister Ha Cong Tuan during a press conference in Hanoi on December 29.

Aquaculture output in the first 11 months of 2017 totalled more than 3.5 million tonnes, up 8 percent from the same time last year, as estimated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau is striving to achieve its goal of earning 1.1 billion USD from exporting aquatic products this year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Kien Giang Department of Industry and Trade, in the first six months of this year, the province's export turnover reached over US$170 million, completing over 42% of the year plan, up 2.6% from the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of July 2017, Ca Mau Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in collaboration with CP Vietnam Corporation and Centre for Aquaculture and Fisheries Sustainability (ICAFIS) organized a training course on improving management process in shrimp culture for 40 super-intensive shrimp farming households in the province.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Under the scheme of Khanh Hoa Province (Vietnam) for 2016-2025, orientation to 2035, the area of aquaculture in Van Ninh district by 2020 expected to hit 200 hectares.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 6 months of 2017, the favorable weather facilitated catching activities of ocean tuna in Khanh Hoa province.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Thanks to the clean and safe farming, Khanh Hoa’s grape seaweed hit high yield and met standards for exports.

Vietnam could become self-sufficient in parent shrimp production from now to 2020.

The area of super-intensive shrimp farming in Ca Mau province, the country’s largest shrimp producer, has increased this year as the model offers high profits for farmers.