High potentials in exporting eel to South Korea
(vasep.com.vn) 700 – 800 thousand of fish seed are being farmed in this year for processing and exporting. By 2015, the figure will increase to 1.5 – 2 million ones.
South Korean enterprises visited Hong Dan district in Bac Lieu province to learn about eel farming model in the district.
South Korean partners agreed to cooperate with enterprises in the district to establish a plant producing feed and processing commercial eel for export along with hatcheries on the area of 15 hectares. Korean side commits to invest modern equipments used in the plant and transfer technologies in all production steps. Besides, they ensure to buy all eel products produced by the plant.
In the early April 2014, two representatives of Hong Dan district were invited to South Korea to absorb long-term technology for processing eel in South Korea.