(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s shrimp producers are encouraged to import shrimp broodstock from Singapore, Indonesia to prevent diseases on farmed shrimp.

(vasep.com.vn) In the last week of December 2013, Bac Lieu province harvested nearly 2,400 MT of shrimp while only one fourth of local processing plants sourced raw shrimp for processing with the volume of 488 MT. The rest was sold to processors in other provinces.

The country's shrimp exports have increased significantly this year, making Viet Nam the world's third-largest shrimp exporter, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.

(vasep.com.vn) In 2013, Soc Trang province has produced 72,762 MT of brackishwater shrimp, up 79.6 percent against the previous year.

(vasep.com.vn)Shrimp exports of Vietnam would hit US$3.5 billion in 2014 if EMS continues to be under control, improved quality of exported shrimps and favorable conditions of main consumer markets.

The shrimp farming industry now has a known cause and a set of precautions for dealing with the disease which has devastated the vannamei industry – but it also has possible new outbreaks in those countries hoping to pick up the supply slack.

(vasep.com.vn) Nguyen Dang Nhan, a farmer in Xuyen Moc district (Ba Ria - Vung Tau province) was recently granted the VietGAP certificate for his farmed whiteleg shrimp products by local Sub-department of Aquaculture and the Globalcert – a certifier of VietGAP program. The certified shrimp was grown in ponds of total area of 5.71 hectares, providing an estimated production of 16 MT per year. The certificate will be validated until November 2015.

It has been six months since Sogico

India has managed to increase its seafood exports despite stringent regulations applied in recent months by major importers such as the US, Japan and Canada, revealed Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) officials.

A team of Thai scientists has developed a rapid test for Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) in shrimps, which will save farmers of the shellfish from huge losses.

Export of organic shrimps from the country is on the rise as its demand is soaring globally amid growing environmental awareness, insiders said.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam seafood exporters to China are facilitated by preferential policy recently approved by authorities in Yunnan province, China. The policy aims to foster seafood imports into the province in 2014.

In July and August 2009 Ngoc Chau

(vasep.com.vn) On January 21st 2014, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) issued official announcement on increasing maximum residue limits (MRL) of Ethoxyquin (an anti-oxidant substance used in shrimp feed production) on Vietnam shrimp imported into the market. The new MRL is 0.2 ppm, 20-fold increase from the current level of 0.01ppm. Moreover, Japan decided to lift the regulation of 100 percent Ethoxyquin testing on Vietnam’s shrimp imported into the market.