(vasep.com.vn) In recent time, IntraFish, an international website on seafood has published some articles about agar injection to shrimp by Vietnam packers to raise its weight. One-sided criticisms in articles may lead to misleading opinions of shrimp quality, production and trade by Vietnam.

(vasep.com.vn) Since May 18th 2012, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has tested Ethoxyquin residue -an anti-oxidant substance popularly used in preserving food as apples, chilies, fruits, animal feed and aquatic feed, on 30 percent of shrimp consignments originated from Vietnam with maximum residue limits (MRLs) of 0.01 ppm.

(vasep.com.vn) Since the early March 2014, fishers from Quy Nhon city (Binh Dinh province) to Tuy An district (Phu Yen province) have enjoyed a bumper harvest of young lobsters.

(vasep.com.vn) In February, Fimex VN processed about 552 MT of finished shrimp products to sell for US$6.2 million of revenue.

(vasep.com.vn) India is the biggest market for Vietnam in the Southern Asia and one of the 10 leading trade partners of Vietnam in the world.

Minh Hai Seafood Processing Co. will

(vasep.com.vn) In February 2014, Bac Lieu province stocked fish seed on the area of 30,625 hectares. In the month, local farmers harvested 7,376 MT of fish on the farming area of 52,110 hectares while capture output yielded 9,758 MT.