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. The country produces annually over 6 million MT of fish, in which its landings reached 2.7 million MT and aquaculture reached 3.3 million MT. In 2021, total fisheries production reached 8.7 million MT, including 3.9 million tons from catching and 4.85 million tons from aquaculture.

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(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In December 2022, Vietnam's seafood exports reached 785 million USD, continuing a 13% decrease compared to the same period in 2021. However, thanks to continuous growth in the first 10 months of the year, the seafood exports have reached 11 billion USD, an increase of nearly 24% compared to 2021.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On December 10, VASEP and seafood enterprises held a celebration of seafood export reaching 10 billion USD celebrating the successful results of a long journey conquering the world market for more than 20 years. 2022 is a year of many records for the seafood industry. Seafood exports broke a record of 11 billion USD, of which the shrimp industry reached a record sales of over 4.3 billion USD. Pangasius exports will reach 2.4 billion USD, a record high and record annual growth of 70%. Tuna also became a billion-dollar industry for the first time.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On December 2, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade issued Decision No. 2615/QD-BCT approving the list of "Prestigious export business" in 2021. Accordingly, there are 46 seafood processing and exporting enterprises in this list.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In order to achieve the goals set out in the field of fisheries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will guide localities to focus on developing key aquaculture with high economic value in the direction of increasing commercial value and sustainable development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee has just issued a plan to develop the pangasius industry until 2025. In which, 1,225 hectares of pangasius production will be produced in accordance with the GAP standard and export turnover will reach US$980 million per year.

(vasep.com.vn) Binh Dinh is holding the festival with the aim of promoting trade in tuna; introducing tuna cuisine associated with the Tuna Workshop; performing trimming and filleting tuna...

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The seafood export markets of Ca Mau province has recently been expanded thanks to free trade agreements. In particular, this year's seafood export turnover of Ca Mau has increased by more than 42% over the same period.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The catch in July 2022 of Ben Tre province was estimated at 17,500 tons, the accumulated in 2022 reached 111,500 tons, down 18% over the same period, reaching 47.1% of the year plan.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Shrimp farming model is directed towards ecological roles of natural products with no drugs and chemicals used, costs reduction, records the highest profit of up to 80 million VND/hectar/year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The particular ecological conditions along with large intertidal zone of coastal mangrove forest in Ca Mau province has created ideal conditions for developing shrimp farming under the forest canopy.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Camimex Group is investing and completing many processing plants, helping to increase the capacity to 20,000 tons of finished products per year. Along with high-tech farming development projects, Camimex expects sales to reach 250 million USD/year in the next 5 years.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Commodity export turnover of Dong Thap province in the first 6 months of 2022 reached nearly 1 billion USD, up 62.7% over the same period in 2021. Export activity in this province recovered strongly, with high growth rate comparing with the same period last year, worth mentioning the impressive growth in products of seafood and rice.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Nam Viet Corporation (Navico) decided to establish Nam Viet Aquaculture Feed processing one member company - An Giang branch in An Giang province with the main business of producing and processing aqua feeds, wholesale of agricultural and forestry products, rice, wheat, etc.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In recent years, the fishery economy has been invested and exploited effectively by Ben Tre province, making an important contribution to the overall economic growth of this province.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) From June 12 to June 17, 2022, the VASEP’s IUU Working Group hold a dialogue program with the Sub-Department of Fisheries, fishing ports, fishermen and businesses of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa on fighting IUU fishing.