The Mekong Delta province of Can Tho has gained a record trade surplus of US$616 million in the first nine months of 2014, according to the provincial Planning and Investment Department.

(vasep.com.vn) “Hatcheries in Binh Dinh has made ​​great efforts to boost production, taking comparative advantages of Binh Thuan shrimp”, said Vice Chairman Huynh Thanh Canh emphasized in a meeting with Binhthuan Shrimp Hatchery Association.

(vasep.com.vn) Hung Vuong Corporation (Hung Vuong Corp) claimed their investment of US$ 30 million to build a seafood processing plant and cold storage in Russia. The plant construction will start in 2015.

(vasep.com.vn) On 29 July 2014, Circular No. 22/2014 / TT-BNNPTNT regulating National Technical Standards on conditions for aquaculture was issued by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development "National Technical Regulation on conditions for aquaculture", including hygienic conditions and food safety, applied for brackish water shrimp farms. These regulations are applied on semi-intensive and intensive farms for black tiger shrimp (Penaeus Fabricus, 1798), intensive farms for white leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei Boone, 1931) in Vietnam.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Ben Tre Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, until the end of 2016 aquaculture infrastructure will be constructed in Dai Hoa Loc, Thanh Tri and Thanh Phuoc communes (in Binh Dai district) to support approximately 1,500 hectares of aquaculture farms.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam Association Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) filed an appeal to the United States Court of International Trade concerning anti-dumping duties on Vietnamese shrimp imposed by Department of Commerce (DOC) for POR8.

At a time when the seafood industry is facing a crisis with sluggish markets and declining wild catches, tuna arrival has come as a windfall.

The Mekong Delta’s provinces are running numerous projects to supply 65 billion disease-free seedlings for aquaculture.

(vasep.com.vn) Hung Hau Corporation announced to purchase shares of Seafood Joint Stock Company No.1 (Seajoco Vietnam – HOSE code: SJ1). The public offer of Hung Hau will be considered in Seajoco Vietnam’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in the middle of April.

(vasep.com.vn) Switzerland totally depends, for tuna import, from other European countries to meet domestic consumption. Average tuna consumption per capita in the market is 8.5 kg per year.