(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the annual shareholders' meeting of Aquatex Bentre (ABT) in 2017, the Board of Directors of ABT will submit to the shareholders about the plan reaching 8,000 tons of finished products, estimated turnover of VND500 billion, up 18.4% over 2016; before tax profit of VND60 billion, up 11.1% compared to 2016 and expected dividend rate of 40-50%.

On 21 March 2017, Ministry Of Agriculture and Rural Development issued Circular No. 07/2017/TT-BNNPTNT introducing the national technical regulation on “fishery product - frozen tra fish fillets”.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On April 10, 2017 the news site SEAFOODNEWS.COM has posted an article titled “Vietnam Tightens Inspections after Reports of Shrimp Processors Injecting Shrimp with Agar”. The article mentions about state of injecting agar into shrimp in some shrimp facilities in Vietnam.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2016, Germany is still the fourth largest importing market of Vietnamese pangasius in Europe after (Netherlands, UK and Spain). However, in the year, pangasius exports to the market continuously decreased in value from 1.1 to 34.8% over the same period last year. Up to the first half of February 2017, the value of pangasius exports to Germany reached US$3.19 million, down 25.8% over the same period in 2016.

Palau and the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang in Vietnam have signed a cooperation agreement on fishing and seafood consumption.

As Vietnam is looking to boost high-tech agriculture, firms are looking for modern technologies in the world to apply in farming production.

Officials of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho introduced the local potential and advantages to French companies and called for their investment, especially in agriculture, during a meeting on April 10.

The fourth Viet Nam Fisheries Golden Quality 2017 award will be granted for 100 businesses, individuals and collectives which are the good examples in the field of fisheries.

The price of the fish has been rising since before Tet (Lunar New Year) at the end of January and now stands at 27,000 VND (1.2 USD) per kilogramme, thought to be the highest level in the last few years.

Ba Ria - Vung Tau is one of the most important coastal provinces in the South East of Viet Nam, having a long-standing fishery with fishing grounds of over 100 square kilometers. The province's total capture fisheries output has maintained an average annual growth of 3.48%, from over 250 thousand tons in 2010 to nearly 300 thousand tons in 2016. Fishing fleet of the province has about 6,277 fishing vessels with a total capacity of more than 1.4 million horse power (hp). In addition, under the Decree No. 67/2014/NĐ-CP on fisheries development policies, the province has decided to approve the construction of 119 vessels, upgrading capacity to over 800 hp for 77 vessels.