(vasep.com.vn) On March 21st 2014, in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in coordination with Norwegian Seafood Council held a conference "Opportunities and outlook in fisheries cooperation between Vietnam and Norway" with an aim to exchange experiences between two sides in aquaculture, seafood processing and exporting. The conference was arranged to take place during the visit to Vietnam by Norway's royal delegation.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Customs, seafood exports in February 2014 reached US$458 million, up nearly 57 percent year on year. Apart from tuna, which saw drop of 156 percent, sales of other aquatic species got rise in export value: shrimp up 156 percent (thanks to a rise of 305 percent in whiteleg shrimp exports), pangasius up 31 percent, cephalopod up 23 percent.

Since the late 2005 Russia has been

The new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Korea and Canada will significantly increase Canada’s exports of lobster and other seafood to the country.

Aquaculture is the only option available to meet the growing demand for fish in the domestic market, according to Baskaran Manimaran, Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, Nagapattinam.

2007 saw increasing improvements

(vasep.com.vn) In February 2014, shipping companies informed that they would raise ocean freight costs for shipments to EU, America and Middle East. Since March 1st, freight fees for consignments to EU increased to US$700 per teu; US$500 per teu for shipments to Middle East; US$300 – 400 for cargoes to America.

(vasep.com.vn) Korea Fishery Trade Association has paid a visit to Vietnam and worked with Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) with an aim to create partnership with Vietnam seafood enterprises.

(vasep.com.vn) The Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently directed government agencies to reform administrative procedures in the fields of taxes and customs, social insurance, health insurance and aquatic product quarantine.

(vasep.com.vn) The National Agro Forestry Fisheries Quality Assurance (NAFIQAD) under Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced that United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a new rule on Halal certification.

According to statistics in first

(vasep.com.vn) According to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), exports of agro-forestry and seafood products in the first quarter of 2014 hit nearly US$7 billion, up 9.4 percent year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) The Government of Vietnam has approved the project of setting up 6 fisheries logistic service centers based on key fishing grounds in many regions throughout the country.

Give2Asia, a San Francisco based social enterprise that specialises in international philanthropic investment, has announced a new partnership with the David & Lucile Packard Foundation and Our Source Consultancy to make Southeast Asia’s fishing industry more sustainable.