According to Mr. Truong Dinh Hoe, General Secretary of VASEP, after 2 years of hiatus due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietfish 2022 will be held again with a new and more modern look, which is expected to bring new experiences and new perspectives on Vietnamese seafood. It is a modern industry, towards sustainable, responsible development. Vietnam set the goal of seafood export reaching 10 billion USD in 2022 and 12-15 billion USD in 2025.
Booths to introduce seafood products at Vietfish 2022. Credit: THANH HAI
Vietfish 2022 took place from August 24 to 26, 2022 with the participation of 170 units from 15 countries around the world. The total of 385 booths filled an area of more than 10,000 m² in the Exhibition Center. More than 10 seminars will be held during the 3 days of the exhibition with the following topics: Demand and trends of the post-Covid-19 seafood market; Global Dialogue on Fisheries Traceability - Solutions, and Common Interests of the Fisheries Industry with update methods for rapid testing of antibiotics - microbiology and industrial hygiene monitoring for seafood processing factories.
At this event, VASEP signed two MOUs. The first Memorandum with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam (CCIFV) to cooperate on enhancing trade and investment, and organize trade promotion programs. The second Memorandum with the FrieslandCampina VN Company on food safety control, environmental responsibility, nutrition and welfare for employees.
Representatives of VASEP and the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam (CCIFV) at the signing ceremony, on the morning of August 24, 2022
Vietfish is the largest international seafood exhibition in Vietnam. With the mission of becoming the "Asia's seafood house", a major event, a place where the quintessence of the export business community converges. It is a place of connection where Vietnam's seafood exporter will convey images of the Vietnam seafood industry. Vietfish 2022 also creates trade opportunities between Vietnamese seafood enterprises and international customers. It is also a place for seafood businesses to access modern scientific and technical advances through auxiliary service providers for the seafood industry.
In 2023, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam International Seafood Expo, the exhibition scale will be expanded in both Halls A and B to facilitate more exhibition space and promotion activities for Vietnam businesses. Vietfish 2023 set the goal towards domestic consumers, introducing them to high quality Vietnamese seafood products produced according to the most modern technology and managed according to chain system and achieved international certifications.
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Having identified its weakness in 2023, entering the first quarter of 2024, Vietnam's shrimp industry has undergone a clear change, reflected through increases in exports to major markets.
It is necessary to develop more detailed and consistent regulations on seafood production for export in line with the implementation of solutions towards sustainable and responsible fishing practices.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After increasing to the highest level in 2022, Canada's tuna imports in 2023 dropped to the lowest level in the past 10 years, reaching 35 thousand tons, down 24% over the year. Canada is currently one of the 15 largest tuna import markets in the world.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Chile, one of the countries participating in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), has tended to increase tuna imports from Vietnam in the past 3 years. According to statistics from Vietnam Customs, this South American country imported nearly 3 million USD of tuna products from Vietnam in the first 2 months of 2024, an increase of 58% over the same period in 2023.
Economic and social development activities, overexploitation, pollution, diseases, and climate change have adversely affected the ecological environment, leading to a severe decline or the extinction of many precious indigenous aquatic species.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The prices of pangasius fingerlings and raw pangasius in ponds fell in March, following steady increases in the first two months of this year.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In February 2024, the average export price of Vietnamese pangasius to markets increased by 4%, although the volume decreased by 40% compared to the previous month.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) There was a 6% decline in Vietnam's pangasius exports to Brazil in February 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, with the total value reaching 6 million USD.
(vasep.com.vn) In the first two months of 2024, Poland—which ranks as Vietnam's fourth-largest EU supplier of tuna—became a noteworthy market. Vietnam's tuna exports value to Poland increased by 786% in comparison to the same period last year, totaling over $2 million USD and contributing about 2% of the country's overall tuna exports revenue.
Regulations on the protection and sustainable development of aquatic resources, Việt Nam's legitimate rights at sea in accordance with international law and the achievements that the country has carved out to remove the European Union’s “yellow card” will be brought closer to local people.
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