(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.

The Minister of Foreign Trade, Francisco Rivadeneira, held a dialogue with representatives of fishing associations, exporters and fisheries managers from various sectors to analyse the current situation of the sector and strengthen the markets.

China’s seafood exports appear to have softened in the first two months of the year, mirroring a weakening of the country’s overall exports sector. China shipped 550,000 metric tons (MT) of aquatic products worth USD 2.98 billion (EUR 2.2 billion), in January and February combined, down 7.9 percent and 9.1 percent respectively.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed a rule that would require certain shippers, receivers, and carriers who transport food by motor or rail vehicles to take steps to prevent the contamination of human and animal food during transportation. Part of the implementation of the Sanitary Food Transportation Act of 2005, the proposal marks the seventh and final major rule in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) central framework aimed at systematically building preventive measures across the food system.

After striving for months to prepare the ground for an ambitious trade and investment deal, Vietnam and the Customs Union of Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan will complete their 5th round of substantive talks by April 4.

Viet Nam's exports to Turkey saw significant annual growth of 34 per cent, rising to US$185 million over the past two months, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(vasep.com.vn) On April 10th 2014, the delegation of Mexican enterprises have made a fact-finding visit to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang with an aim to seeking opportunities to import frozen seafood from the province. The event helps to facilitate the locality's pangasius exports.

According to Fisheries Department

(vasep.com.vn) According to Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, the country's export of main commodities in the first quarter of 2014 grew by 14.1 percent year on year. The total export turnover in the quarter touched US$33.35 billion, completing 23 percent of 2014's plan.

(vasep.com.vn) In recent years, fisheries sector has contributed to develop the economy of the Central Coast and occupied a high proportion in the total production of the local agriculture industry.