(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam's bivalve mollusk exports in Jan-May 2019 reached US $ 36.2 million, down 3% compared to the same period in 2018.

The report by Mr Ho Quoc Luc, Former Chairman of VASEP, Chairman of Sao Ta Foods Joint Stock Company when he joined in the Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition 2019 (Vietfish 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) In Europe, the Netherlands is not a tuna producer, but a large transit country. The Netherlands is currently the 9th largest importer of tuna in the world and the 6th largest importer in the EU. This country is also the largest tuna importer of Vietnam in the EU. In the past 3 years, Vietnam's tuna exports to the Netherlands has grown continuously, especially frozen tuna products.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Although pangasius exports to the German market decreased following the general trend of the EU region for more than 10 years from 2008 to 2018, but in recent years, especially in the first 5 months of 2019, the export value of pangasius to the German market continued to rose. Particularly in May, 2019, pangasius export value to this market hiked up: 144,7% compare to the same period in 2018. By the end of May, 2019, the export value of Vietnamese pangasius exported to Germany reached US$14.7 million, up 74.6% compared to the same period in 2018.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the report of the Directorate of Fisheries, seafood production in the first 6 months of 2019 has developed quite well due to the increasing demand of the market.

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.