VIETFISH CONFERENCE 2018
European Seafood Industry: Competitiveness and Market Potentials
Time:
Avenue: Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam.
Language: English
Organizers: VASEP (Vietnam), Nha Trang University (Vietnam), Matis (Iceland), Tromsø University (Norway), Nofima (Norway), and Syntesa (Denmark).
Objectives
Seafood industry of Vietnam has become a global success story over last two decades. The sector contribution to national development and global food security is significant. However, the industry is in a critical period that needs upgrading to the global value chains, regardless its products have been in over 160 countries and regions.
VIETFISH (www.vietfish.com.vn/) is an important event organized annually by VASEP to promote the seafood sector. By the same time a conference for exchanging the knowledge regarding to updated technology, economics, management and trade issues is organized. The conference brings opportunities for discussion and developing collaboration in business, research and education from academia, governments, international organizations, NGOs, and the industry. The conference focuses on emerging topics at national and global level.
VIETFISH conference 2018 is the first time co-organized by Nordic research institutes including Matis (Iceland), Nofima (Norway), Syntesa (Denmark) and Trømso University (Norway) together with Vietnam partners (Nha Trang University and VASEP).
The conference includes a two-day field trip on 20th-21st August to Mekong delta for visiting pangasius & shrimp farming and processing plants. The trip is limited ONLY for oral presenters.
Themes
The conference themes include:
(1) World/EU Fisheries-Performance and Governance
(2) World/EU Aquaculture-Performance and Opportunities
(3) Seafood Consumption and Market Trends
(4) Seafood Markets and Regulations
(5) Economic Sustainability and Competitiveness
(6) Value Chain Governance in Seafood Industry
(7) Emerging Technologies in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Post-harvesting
(8) Fisheries, Aquaculture and Climate Change
(9) Research and Capacity Development in Fisheries and Aquaculture
(10) Big data and Artificial Intelligent in fisheries and aquaculture
Contributions
To submit oral presentations or/and posters, you should send abstract(s) of maximum 300 words to Dr. Thong Tien Nguyen via email (thongnt@ntu.edu.vn) by the 5th July 2018. The template for registration is in attached file.
Registration
The conference participation is free. In addition, registered participants will have free ticket to enter the VIETFISH exhibition. The participants with accepted oral presentation will be offered the bus ticket for two days trip to Mekong delta (one-night hotel paid by their own budget).
Primary program
Monday and Tuesday, 20th-21st August 2018
Field trip to Mekong delta (only registered participants with oral presentation): Visiting farming fields and processing plants of pangasius and shrimp.
Regular conference 22nd- 23rd August 2018
· Two keynote speakers for plenary sessions;
· Two concurrent sessions
Contact person for inquiry:
1. Mr. Thong Tien Nguyen (Nha Trang Univeristy)
Email: thongnt@ntu.edu.vn
2. Mr. Nam Hoai Nguyen (VASEP)
Email: namnh@vasep.com.vn
Phone: +84 983609228
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to statistics from Vietnam Customs, Vietnam's crab export value in March 2024 reached more than 18 million USD, an increase of 66% over the same period last year. Cumulatively, in the first 3 months of the year, export turnover reached more than 52 million USD, up 75% over the same period.
Vietnam's pangasius exports to Brazil reached nearly USD 28 million in the first quarter of 2024, surging by 44% compared to the same period in 2023.
(vasep.com.vn) According to Vinh Long Statistics Department, the whole province currently has 2,119 hectares of aquaculture area, an increase of 1.03% (equivalent to an increase of 21.62 hectares) over the same period last year; Of which the industrial pangasius farming area is 370.8 hectares, an increase of 0.12% or an increase of 0.42 hectares.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) 2023 was an unsuccessful year not only for Vietnamese but also for Thailand tuna exporters in the Middle East market. Thailand's tuna exports to this market decreased by 21% in value and 27% in volume compared to 2022. Therefore, the Middle East dropped to second position among Thailand's export markets after the US, accounting for 22% of total export turnover in 2023.
Competent ministries, sectors and localities should continue efforts to lift the European Commission’s “yellow card” against the Vietnamese seafood products for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, as an inspection team of the commission will visit Vietnam soon, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to data from Vietnam Customs, in March 2024, Vietnamese pangasius export turnover to markets reached 156 million USD, down 14% over the same period. Vietnam pangasius export value in QI/2024 reached 411 million USD, down 3% compared to QI/2023.
(vasep.com.vn) According to data from the Department of Fisheries, as of March 20, 2024, the shrimp farming area reached about 348,670 hectares, including 334,799 hectares of black tiger prawn farming area and 13,871 hectares of white leg shrimp farming area.
(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's tuna exports reached around $84 million in March 2024, a 17% rise. Vietnam's total tuna export revenue for the first three months of 2024 was $215 million, up 19% from the same time in 2023 but down 17% from 2022. It is anticipated that tuna exports may miss the billion-dollar mark as in 2022 at this rate and the difficulties the business faces.
Vietnam raked in over US$200 million from exporting tuna to 86 markets worldwide during the first quarter of the year, representing a rise of 19% against the same period from last year.
Vietnam’s pangasius export to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reached more than 7 million USD in the first quarter of this year, a rise of 67% against the same period last year. UAE mainly imported frozen fillets from Vietnam.
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