The EU market looks a strong opportunity for Vietnamese shrimp exports in the coming years, said Nguyen Tien Thong of Danish research body Syntesa.

Viet-Uc Seafood Corporation – Vietnam’s largest shrimp postlarvae producer with a capacity of over 50 billion, and nine production sites – is well on its way in its rapid expansion into high-tech, sustainable greenhouse farming, business controlling director Vu Duc Tri told Undercurrent News at the country's annual Vietfish trade show.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has harvested more than 130,000 tonnes of aquatic species so far this year, up 15 percent from the same period last year, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Pangasius exports in July continued to drop for the fifth consecutive month, down 12.7 percent year-on-year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Seafood exports in the first seven months of Vietnam raked in 4.7 billion USD, down 0.2 percent from a year earlier, but 9 percent up month-on-month in July.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam cephalopod exports to Japan in Jan-May 2019 reached US$61.3 million, up 11.3% over the same period in 2018. Particularly in May 2019, exports to Japan reached US$15.2 million, up 16.5%. Japan still maintains Vietnam's second largest cephalopod importer, accounting for 25.5% of Vietnam's total cephalopod export value to markets.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's tuna exports to Canada in May 2019 continued to have outstanding growth, an increase of nearly 201% compared to the same period in 2018. With the continuous high growth rate, Canada's position in the ranking of the largest tuna importers of Vietnam is increasing.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish) 2019 hosted by VASEP officially opened at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City on August 29 2019.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition 2019 (Vietfish 2019) hosted by VASEP will take place from 29 to 31 August 2019 at Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC), 799 Nguyen Van Linh, Dist. 7, HCMC, Vietnam. As part of the outstanding activities at VIETFISH 2019, VASEP is planning to hold 06 major conferences and forum to provide multi-dimensional information for seafood importers and exporters and units in the seafood services supply chain, international importers/retailers and domestic and foreign customers ...

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After falling sharply in the first 3 months of 2019, Vietnam shrimp exports to the US in April and May has shown signs of inching up. In particular, breaded shrimp products exports from Vietnam to the US recorded good growth. Along with objective and subjective support factors, this can be considered an opportunity for enterprises to boost export of this product to the US.