Vietnam’s aquaculture, fishery industry and seafood are on display at the seventh International Exhibition of Fishing and Aquaculture (SIPA 2017) which is underway in Oran, Algeria from November 9-12.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 6 months of 2017, the capture and aquaculture production of Quang Trach district (Quang Binh province) totaled nearly 6,000 MT, an increase of 15% over the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first half of this year, the capture output of Phu My district (Binh Dinh province) hit nearly 40,000 MT, up 7.78% over the same period last year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Khanh Hoa province (Vietnam) boosts to invest in intensive shrimp farming, especially high-tech shrimp farming to increase productivity in the coming years.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 6 months of 2017, the favorable weather facilitated fishing activities in the country. According to the report of Directorate of Fisheries, in the period, the total output of fishery was estimated at 3.328 million tons, up 4.2% from the same period last year. Of that, the capture output touched 1.66 million MT, up 4.7% and aquaculture production hit 1.67 million MT, increasing by 3.8% (brackish water shrimp volume hit 195,000 MT, up 7.7%; pangasius output was 550,000 MT, up 4.7%).

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first six months of this year, capture output of Bac Lieu province (Vietnam) reached nearly 60,000 MT.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, aquaculture production in June 2017 estimated at 450,000 MT, an increase of 3.4% over the same period last year, the figure in Jan-Jun 2017 was nearly 1.7 million MT, up 6.7% year on year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the National Agricultural Extension Center, sustainable development of fisheries aims to implement the project "Restructuring agricultural sector towards enhancing added-value production and sustainable development" and the project "Restructuring fisheries sector by 2020, orientation to 2030”.

Fishermen of the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have caught nearly 80,000 tonnes of seafood since the start of the year, a rise of 2.2 percent year-on-year.

Vietnam recorded over 2.6 million tonnes of aquatic products in the first nine months of 2017, a year-on-year rise of 5.2 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Da Nang city People’s Committee has recently approved a project on developing sea-based economy by 2025 with vision to 2030, aiming to build the central city into a maritime economic hub with explosive growth in companion with environment protection and sustainable development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) By 2020, the production area of rice-shrimp will be expanded up to 10,000 ha in 3 districts in Ca Mau province, including U Minh, Tran Van Thoi and Thoi Binh, with the output of 50,000 MT.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 6 months of 2017, total aquaculture and capture production in Thanh Hoa province was 78,932 MT, completing 50.1% of the plan, up 6.3% year on year. Of that, capture output hit 53,732 MT and aquaculture output touched 25,200 MT.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Mr. Bui Van Lam - Director of the Ben Tre Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in the first haft of 2017, the total aquaculture area in the province reached more than 40,000 hectares (including shrimp, mollusks, pangasius ...), completing nearly 86% of the yearly plan, a year-on-year increase of over 12%.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2017, Kien Giang province plans to total an area of 114,000 hectares in brackish water shrimp farming, with the production of 63,000 MT. The province boosts shrimp farming safely, sustainably and effectively.