Vietnam’s fishery sector should use more seafood by-products such as bones, heads and skin to add value to the industry, experts said at a recent forum in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has forecast that Vietnam’s total export revenue will grow 10-12 percent to hit a record of 239 billion USD for the whole year 2018, much higher than the set target of 214 billion USD.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The 4 products of the 4 members of VASEP including "Mangrove frozen black tiger whole shrimp" by Minh Phu Seafood Corp, "Kabayaki grilled pangasius fillets" by Vinh Hoan Corp; "CO Tuna saku" by Havuco and Sao Mai - "Ranee Premium Cooking Oil" by Sao Mai – IDI had won the " Vietnam Golden Rice 2018".

The agro-fishery-forestry sector earned 32.6 billion USD from exports during the January-October period, up 8.1 percent year-on-year, according to the Agro Processing Market Development Authority (AgroTrade) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Ornamental fish farming is among the segments HCM City targets to develop with the aim of boosting the whole agricultural sector.

Vietnam earned about 29.54 billion USD from agro-forestry-fishery exports between January and September, up 9.3 percent from the same period of 2017 and equivalent to 73 percent of this year’s target.

Businesses should pay more attention to bolster consumption of aquatic products in the domestic market as it holds great potential, said Nguyen Quoc Toan, acting head of the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority, on October 8.

This is the presentation of Dr. Gudmundur Stefansson from Matis, Iceland in the Conference “European seafood production and markets” in the framework of Vietfish 2018.

This is the presentation of Dr. Ha Viet Hung (Nha Trang University, Vietnam) in the Conference “Future perspective of fisheries and aquaculture” in the framework of Vietfish 2018.

This is the presentation of Mr. Valur N. Gunnlaugsson (Matis, Iceland) in the Conference “Future perspective of fisheries and aquaculture” in the framework of Vietfish 2018.

This is the presentation of Dr. Paul Steinar Valle (Kontani, Norway) in the Conference “Future perspective of fisheries and aquaculture” in the framework of Vietfish 2018.

This is the presentation of Prof. Ola Flateen (Tromso University, Norway) in the Conference “Future perspective of fisheries and aquaculture” in the framework of Vietfish 2018

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After 10 years of implementing the Resolution of the 7th plenum of the 10th Party Central Committee on agriculture, farmers and rural areas, Vietnam’s seafood production and exports increased sharply, in which the output increased by 60%, the export value rose by 100%.

Continuing over 19 years of success, Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition 2018 (VIETFISH 2018) hosted by Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) will take place from 22 to 24 August 2018 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), 799 Nguyen Van Linh, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This 20-year-old “Asia’s home of seafood” edition will continue to be an outstanding gathering place for domestic and foreign seafood enterprises to affirm Vietnam's seafood image in the international markets.