(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The capture output of Binh Thuan province (Vietnam) in Jan 2017 estimated at 7,944 MT; fulfiling 3.9% of the plan and falling 4.5% year on year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The capture output of Quang Nam province (Vietnam) in Jan 2017 estimated at 3,250 MT, fulfiling 4% of the plan and rising 4.8% (150 MT) over that of the same period of 2016.

Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay said he will visit Vietnam and India to seek more cooperation opportunities in agriculture.

The People’s Committee of the north central province of Thanh Hoa has decided to provide support worth over 7.5 billion VND (328,500 USD) for owners of local fishery logistic-service vessels.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has recently commented on the high-tech shrimp farming park in the southern province of Bac Lieu.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Fishery production of Quang Ngai province in 2016 estimated at 180,402 MT, up 7.6% compared to 2015, exceeding 5.3% compared to the plan.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2017, Ca Mau province strives to reach the fishery production of 530,000 tons in which aquaculture production was 335,000 MT, Mr. Le Thanh Trieu, Director of Ca Mau Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

Fishermen in the central province of Binh Dinh have enjoyed a bumper harvest on their first offshore trip of the lunar new year.

Fishermen in the central province of Quang Tri have returned home with big batches of fish caught in their first sailing at the start of the Lunar New Year.

Farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu have had bumper harvests of paddy rice and shrimp with higher profits and yields than in previous years.

As the 21st century is considered an era of sea and ocean, many countries, including Vietnam, have paid heed to developing the sea-based economy and exploiting sea resources and spaces to promote their socio-economic growth while working to safeguard sovereignty and sovereign rights over sea and islands.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta region aim to generate 15 billion USD from exports in 2017, surging 9.4 percent from the previous year, according to the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Total area for aquaculture in Hai Phong province (Vietnam) hit 11,748.1 hectares, down 2.5% compared with the previous year.

The Mekong Delta of Vietnam had 4,786 commercial pangasius farming ponds, of which 2,267 are privately owned (47.38 per cent), 2,486 owned by businesses (51.95 per cent) while only 32 belong to local co-operatives.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The aquaculture output of Viet Nam in Nov 2016 amounted to 306 thousand MT, up 4.2% compared to the same period last year. The figure in Jan-Nov 2016 estimated at 3,230 thousand MT, up 1.9% year on year.