(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first 6 months of 2017, the favorable weather facilitated fishing activities in the country. According to the report of Directorate of Fisheries, in the period, the total output of fishery was estimated at 3.328 million tons, up 4.2% from the same period last year. Of that, the capture output touched 1.66 million MT, up 4.7% and aquaculture production hit 1.67 million MT, increasing by 3.8% (brackish water shrimp volume hit 195,000 MT, up 7.7%; pangasius output was 550,000 MT, up 4.7%).

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In the first six months of this year, capture output of Bac Lieu province (Vietnam) reached nearly 60,000 MT.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, aquaculture production in June 2017 estimated at 450,000 MT, an increase of 3.4% over the same period last year, the figure in Jan-Jun 2017 was nearly 1.7 million MT, up 6.7% year on year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the National Agricultural Extension Center, sustainable development of fisheries aims to implement the project "Restructuring agricultural sector towards enhancing added-value production and sustainable development" and the project "Restructuring fisheries sector by 2020, orientation to 2030”.

More than 200 domestic and international enterprises are displaying their agricultural products at a trade fair that opened in the northern province of Thai Binh on November 8.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As the largest tuna buyer in the Middle East, Egypt annually imports about US$130 million of tuna products. In particular, imports of canned tuna accounted for 99% of the country's total tuna imports over the last 10 years. 100% of canned tuna products in Egypt are imported, which is due to the fact that the country does not have a processing plant. Most of processed canned tuna products into this country are for domestic consumption, with a few being exported to Sudan.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) France currently stays as the 11th largest importing market of cephalopod in the world as well as the 6th leading buyer of Vietnam cephalopod. In the first 7 months of this year, cephalopod imports into France from Vietnam reported the impressive growth of 274% to eye US$6.1 million.

Aquatic product exports in the past ten months rose 17.6 percent to 6.73 billion USD, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In Jan - Jul 2017, Vietnam seafood exports reported a y-o-y growth of 17.3% to reach US$4.4 billion. Vietnam seafood exports to 6 largest markets reported the y-o-y increase in which exports to China & Hong Kong saw the sharpest growth of 41.8%. Importing markets and main products are as follows:

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After the decline in imports in early this year, ASEAN has continuously increased imports of cephalopod from Vietnam in the last 6 months. According to the statistics from Vietnam Customs, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to ASEAN in the first 7 months of this year totaled US$38 million, an increase of 40% over the same period in 2016. This was the 4th largest importer of Vietnam cephalopod.