The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho fulfilled 11 out of 13 socio-economic development targets in 2016 thank to all-out efforts of local authorities and people.

The agro-forestry-fishery sector of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre should aim for an increase of two percent in 2017, said Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Huu Lap, citing forecast that drought and saline intrusion will become more severe.

The US continued topping the list of 200 countries and territories importing Vietnamese goods in 2016, with a total import value of over 34.8 billion USD, according to the Government’s portal.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to General Department of Vietnam Customs, in Jan-Nov 2016, Vietnam’s bivalve mollusk exports were worth by US$75.1 million, up 0.5% from the same period last year. The figure in Nov 2016 amounted to US$7.5 million, up 1.9% year on year.

The Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has set a goal of 7.1 billion USD in seafood export revenue in 2017.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The US stays as the 2nd largest tuna importer in the world, behind Japan, and accounting for 11-13% of the world's tuna imports. This country is also the largest buyer of Vietnam’s tuna. However, in the last 2 years, tuna imports into the US were unstable.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports in Jan-Nov this year totaled US$391.03 million, down 0.5% from the same period last year. The figure in Nov 2016 was US$49.05 million, up 27% year on year. Notably, in November, Vietnam’s cephalopod exports to 9 main importing markets reported the positive growth. Of that, shipments to Taiwan showed the highest increase (+91.2%) with the value of US$766 thousand, followed by China and Hong Kong (+70%) with US$2.1 million. Exports to top 3 largest importing markets, including South Korea, Japan and EU all rose by over 16% year on year.

Vietnam’s export turnover of aquatic products reached US$7 billion in 2016, an increase of 6.6% over 2015, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of Nov 2016, Vietnam’s pangasius exports to ASEAN valued at US$123.3 million, accounting for 8% of total pangasius exports, and increasing by 0.4% year on year. Of that, exports to top 3 largest importers in the region including Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines rose by 0.1 - 3.5% compared to the same period in 2015. In Nov 2016, exports to Singapore climbed up nearly 43% over the same period last year.

China’s Ministry of Finance (MOF) will adjust tariffs on a number of exports and imports.