(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Thanks to good growth in the first 7 months of this year, the EU has surpassed Thailand to become the third largest import market of Vietnam's squid and octopus, accounting for 10.8% of the total value. Export of squid and octopus from Vietnam. In August 2021, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, Vietnam's exports of squid and octopus to the EU as well as most markets decreased. However, from September, exports are recovering thanks to the policy of easing social distancing to restore production.

(vasep.com.vn) Russia is the 9th largest market for shrimp imports from Vietnam, accounting for 1.3% of the total value of Vietnam's shrimp exports. Although it is only a small import market, Vietnam's shrimp exports to Russia in the first 7 months of this year grew very well. However, from August until now, due to social distancing to prevent the Covid epidemic, production has been halted, shrimp exports to Russia as well as all markets have decreased.

(vasep.com.vn) While Vietnam's tuna exports to main markets mostly decreased in August 2021, tuna exports to Mexico increased by nearly 263% over the same period in 2020 and reached the level almost equivalent to August 2019, the time before the pandemic. Previously, after a continuous decline in the first quarter, Vietnam's tuna exports to this market tended to grow continuously at a high level since April. Cumulatively in the first 8 months of 2021, the export value of tuna to this market reached more than US$ 9.3 million, an increase of 97% over the same period in 2020. With this result, Mexico becomes a promising market for Vietnamese tuna.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first eight months of 2021, the total value of Vietnamese pangasius exports to the Middle East market increased by 25.18% over the same period last year. In 2021, many pangasius enterprises have shifted their exports to the Egyptian and UAE markets.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) VDSC Securities Company predicts that both revenue and profit in the third quarter of Vinh Hoan Joint Stock Company will grow by double digits compared to the same period last year. In which, revenue from pangasius fillet segment (which contributes over 67% of total revenue) increased strongly thanks to the average selling price and recovery in volume.

Vietnam’s aquatic products have gained the favour of Australian consumers, Secretary of the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Andrew Metcalfe told a workshop on October 1.

The US is Vietnam’s leading agricultural importer, and Vietnam is also a big buyer of US farm produce

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Up to now, after a long period of being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the epidemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City as well as some provinces in the Mekong Delta region is currently under better control. Therefore, businesses in general and companies in the seafood industry in particular are accelerating the post-COVID-19 recovery process.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Thanks to a lot of efforts, up to now, Soc Trang shrimp industry has basically overcome the challenges during the period of implementing social distancing to ensure the prevention and control of COVID-19 . The difficulties that are solved in time and the optimistic signals of consumer demand in both domestic and foreign markets are good opportunities for shrimp farmers and seafood processing companies in this locality to restore the production chain in the remaining months of the year.

On September 21, 2021, Prime Minister has signed the Directive No. 26/CT-TTg promoting production, circulation, consumption, and export of agricultural products in Covid-19 epidemic management.