(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam shrimp exports to the UK as of September 15, 2020 reached $161.2 million, up 15% over the same period in 2019. The UK is also considered one of the import markets of Vietnamese shrimp that perform well and seem to is not affected much by the Covid-19 epidemic since the beginning of the year until now.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) China is the 5th largest importer for cephalopod of Vietnam, accounting for 7.7% of the proportion of cephalopod exports. After falling by 45% in the first quarter, Vietnamese cephalopod exports to China recovered from the second quarter to August of 2020. In the first eight months of 2020, Vietnamese cephalopod exports to China reached US$ 26.6 million, up 53% year on year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Egypt is the 7th largest tuna importer for Vietnamese tuna, accounting for 2.4% of the total value of Vietnam's tuna exports to markets in the first 8 months of 2020. Although the proportion is not large, the export of tuna to Egypt in the first 8 months of 2020 was quite impressive (especially in the past two months - July and August 2020). By the end of August 2020, Vietnam's tuna exports to Egypt reached more than 10 million USD, up nearly 65% over the same period in 2019.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first half of 2020, demand for German tuna (especially canned tuna) rose. The volume of tuna imports of this country reached the highest level in the past 5 years. This is mainly due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, which caused many families in Germany to stock up on tuna to ensure a healthy and long-term source of protein.

Seafood exports by Mekong Delta provinces are picking up after a lull caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam’s shrimp exports are forecast to reach 3.7 billion USD this year, posting an year-on-year increase of 9.8 percent.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On August 1, 2020, the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Vietnam (EVFTA) was officially implemented. Besides, Vietnamese tuna industry recorded a growth in exports to the EU. Along with the EU's gradual control of the Covid-19 epidemic, the effect of EVFTA has had a positive impact on Vietnam's tuna exports.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In order to contribute to raising awareness of seafood processing enterprises, fishing vessel owners and the fishing community about the importance and principles of not using child labor, prevention of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU), towards building sustainable fisheries, VASEP has cooperated with the Directorate of Fisheries (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) and International Labor Organization in Vietnam (ILO Vietnam) carrying out many propaganda activities.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of the first half of August 2020, the total export value of pangasius to the EU reached US$85.55 million, down 34.1% over the same period in 2019. In which, the export value to three single markets: the Netherlands shrunk by 27.5%; Germany down 36.7% and Spain went down by 13.4%. Although the EU has been still the third-largest pangasius export market of Vietnamese seafood enterprises (after China and the US) so far, there has been no sign of recovery in pangasius exports to this market.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In August 2020, Vietnam's shrimp exports reached US$394.6 million, up nearly 12% compared to August 2019. In the first 8 months of this year, shrimp exports reached US$2.3 billion, up 8.4% over the same period in 2019.