Recognizing that the 5 March through 17 April Lenten season is the best time of year to sell seafood, a number of U.S. restaurant chains recently launched limited-time seafood offers.

Vietnam and the EU are making significant strides in signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which will bring both advantages and challenges for the country’s key sectors, particularly agriculture and industry.

(seafood.com) In a case involving the meat industry, that could have some ramifications for seafood, the WTO ruled that some aspects of the U.S. Country of Origin (COOL) labeling laws were an unfair trade practice and violated agreements with Canada and Mexico.

(vasep.com.vn) Investors should consider Vietnam as a potential destination to invest, particularly in business activities, Dr. Admad Md Magrad, Deputy Director of Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF) as well as Managing Director of II-VI Singapore Pte. Ltd said at the "Doing Business in Vietnam" seminar.

(vasep.com.vn) 2013 National Quality Award was granted to 82 companies according to the Decision No.359/QĐ-TTg signed the Prime Minister on March 10, 2014. Four member companies of Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) received the golden-titled award.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is pleased to announce that the Finnish Fish Guide now includes ASC labeled farmed fish for the first time.

(vasep.com.vn) Despite challenges in its production and trading activities in 2013, Tan Thanh Container still got an year-on-year rise of 2 percent in turnover, fulfilling 80 percent of the company's yearly plan.

(vasep.com.vn) 17 French livestock companies will be participate in the 2014 International Livestock, Dairy, Meat Processing and Aquaculture Exposition (ILDEX) organized by the French Agency for International Business Development (UBIFRANCE) from Mar 19 – 21, 2014 in Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC), Ho Chi Minh City.

(fis.com) Exports of fish and fish products during July-May (2011-12) reached USD 296.7 million compared to USD 267.4 million recorded during the same period the prior fiscal year, according to figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

(vasep.com.vn) The 2014 Seafood Expo North America lasted from March 16-18 in Boston city, Massachusetts State.Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) and the country's 18 leading seafood enterprises attended the Expo in a bid to introduce their quality products to local consumers, seek new partners in the U.S. and expand consuming market for Vietnam seafood.

(vasep.com.vn) A sustainable aquaculture project was conducted by the College of Agriculture and Fisheries (under the Can Tho University) in cooperation with The University of Stirling (in the UK) in order to help European countries understand that the production chain of farmed shrimp and pangasius in Vietnam could ensure food safety and the health of consumers.

Japan may offer to eliminate almost all tariffs on seafood in negotiations toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

(The Saigon Times Daily) CAN THO – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has revised the seafood export turnover target for 2012 from US$6.5 billion to US$6.8 billion, regardless of financial distress faced by seafood traders, widespread diseases and shrinking export markets.

(vasep.com.vn) On March 16, 2014, a solemn ceremomy was organized to honour 82 Vietnamese companies receiving the 2013 National Quality Award and the 2013 Asia-Pacific International Quality Award. This year, 7 companies from the fishery sector were granted this award.

Each year at the time of the Boston seafood show, Progressive Grocerpublishes a seafood review based on its own survey of retail seafood departments.