As the 21st century is considered an era of sea and ocean, many countries, including Vietnam, have paid heed to developing the sea-based economy and exploiting sea resources and spaces to promote their socio-economic growth while working to safeguard sovereignty and sovereign rights over sea and islands.

In an interview with the Sputnik news agency, a number of Russian experts forecast 2017 will be a year of success for Vietnam.

The maritime sector is stepping up its administrative reform, enabling all of Vietnam’s vessels operating domestic routes to apply administrative procedures online.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) After 4 years of implementation, ‘Sustainable Pangasius Supply Chain in Vietnam' (SUPA) project funded by the European Union (EU), chaired by Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre (VNCPC), jointly conducted with WWF-Vietnam, WWF-Austria and VASEP has obtained positive and specific results. Each pangasius company, which participated in deploying the support packages of the project, has saved VND2-5 billion and reduced 28.5% of water consumption, cut down 28% of wastewater into the environment, 18.6% of electricity consumption and reduced 2,000 MT of GHG discharged into the environment per year.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta region aim to generate 15 billion USD from exports in 2017, surging 9.4 percent from the previous year, according to the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Total area for aquaculture in Hai Phong province (Vietnam) hit 11,748.1 hectares, down 2.5% compared with the previous year.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Corporation Vietnam Fisheries (Seaprodex) has successfully got listed on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) of Hanoi Stock Exchange.

Aquatic exports are likely to increase 5 percent from last year to 7.4 billion USD in 2017, despite difficulties in overseas markets and fiercer competition, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Over the past decade, Canada was always put into the list of top 10 leading shrimp importers of Vietnam. Despite the modest export turnover, Canada is considered to be a potential market for Vietnam shrimp thanks to its location close to America and its high living standards. Demand for seafood in Canada tend to be on the increase.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On 13th Jan 2017, Saota Foods Joint Stock Company (Fimex VN- stock code FMC) held its annual shareholder meeting 2017 at the company headquarter in Soc Trang province (Vietnam).