OVERVIEW ON VIETNAM TUNA INDUSTRY

With a coastline of over 3,260 km and an exclusive economic zone of over 1 million km2, the marine resources of Vietnam's waters are considered to be very rich and diverse, with more than 2,000 marine species.

Group of pelagic fish, mainly tuna species: frigate mackerel, bullet tuna, eastern little tuna, longtail tuna, skipjack tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna...

The estimated annual catch of yellowfin and bigeye tuna is 30.5 thousand tons; skipjack and inshore tuna group is 313 thousand tons.

Tuna is a species of high economic value and dominates in the production of marine species of Vietnam.

In the period (2017 - 2023), tuna has been one of Vietnam's key export seafood products. Tuna export value increased 42% from 593 million USD to 845 million USD. The proportion of tuna in Vietnam's total seafood exports has always remained at 10-20%. The main exported tuna species of Vietnam include yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna, skipjack tuna...

In 2023, Vietnam's tuna products were exported to 109 countries around the world. In particular, the US, Israel, Italy, Canada, Japan, Germany, Thailand, Russia, the Netherlands, and the Philippines were the 10 largest tuna import markets of Vietnam, accounting for more than 73% of the total export value.