On December 30, 2022, Ministry Of Agriculture and Rural Development issued Circular No. 32/2022/TT-BNNPTNT: Amending circulars on assessment and certification of compliance with food safety regulations of agro-forestry-fishery food manufacturing and trading businesses under the management of ministry of agriculture and rural development.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) At the meeting to summarize the agricultural sector in 2022 on the afternoon of January 10, the leader of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Soc Trang province, said that the total area of aquaculture in the province reached 75,355 hectares (freshwater, brackish water, salt water ), exceeding 0.47% of the plan (75,000 ha) and increasing 4.28% over the previous year. Total seafood production of Soc Trang province reached 352,763 tons, exceeding 0.22% of the plan (352,000 tons), increasing by 0.6% compared to the previous year (2,121 tons).

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to SSI Securities Corporation (SSI), inflation in 2023 continues to be a challenge for Vietnam's seafood industry. In that context, the pangasius industry is expected to prosper when the largest export market, China, has reopened.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietcombank Securities (VCBS) believes that the US and China are attractive destinations for Vietnamese pangasius enterprises thanks to favorable factors such as reasonable prices in the context of inflation, 0% anti-dumping tax and the open market after COVID.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the price of raw pangasius and shrimp in the Mekong Delta provinces in December 2022 decreased slightly in the context of many difficulties.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam’s pangasius is increasingly being used by consumers in the world because of its convenience, neutral texture and taste, easy processing and affordable price that can fit every market segment. By 2022, Vietnamese pangasius has conquered more than 140 markets around the world, including markets with strict requirements on food safety and technical regulations such as the US, EU and markets that farmed fish used to be unpopular like Japan.

A pangasius festival organized by the People's Committee of Dong Thap Province in Hong Ngu Town last week attracted thousands of participants.

Vietnam will investigate and handle all cases of the country’s fishing vessels being arrested by foreign countries, strictly punish all acts related to illegal fishing in the foreign waters and name them on the mass media, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have taken a wide range of measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a part of the national efforts to remove the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning against Vietnam’s seafood exports.

(seafood. vasep.com.vn)The export result of $2.3 billion by the end of November represents a successful year for Vietnamese pangasius enterprises. And the pangasius industry can be optimistic with a record of over $2.4 billion in 2022.