SUMMARY 

Up to 2024, hundreds sustainable certifications are implemented and certified by aquaculture sector in Vietnam

BAP: Vietnam get total of 727 BAP certified facilities.

ASC: There are 241 farms certified ASC

Global G.A.P:  Many companies certified.

  • Please click the different certificates belows to find more Vietnamese suppliers and farms granted 

BAP

To promote responsible practices across the aquaculture industry, the Global Aquaculture Alliance coordinates the development of Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification standards for hatcheries, farms, processing facilities and feed mills. 

The BAP program drives continued improvements via high standards that deliver significant benefits industrywide. The BAP standards cover aquaculture facilities for a variety of finish and crustacean species, as well as mussels.

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ASC

The ASC's mission is to transform aquaculture towards environmental sustainability and social responsibility using efficient market mechanisms that create value across the chain. 

ASC aims to be the world's leading certification and labelling programme for responsibly farmed seafood. The ASC’s primary role is to manage the global standards for responsible aquaculture, which were developed by the WWF Aquaculture Dialogues.

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GLOBAL GAP

GLOBALG.A.P.’s roots began in 1997 as EUREPGAP, an initiative by retailers belonging to the Euro-Retailer Produce

Working Group. British retailers working together with supermarkets in continental Europe become aware of consumers’ growing concerns regarding product safety, environmental impact and the health, safety and welfare of workers and animals.

GLOBALG.A.P. today is the world's leading farm assurance program, translating consumer requirements into Good Agricultural Practice in a rapidly growing list of countries – currently more than 100.

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VIET GAP

To contribute to promoting aquaculture seafood, agriculture products and food safety in general and fruit and vegetable for consumption in the country in particular and exports, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development issued the Criteria VietGAP on 01/28/2008.

VietGAP (Vietnamese Good Agriculture Practices): Practices good agriculture production in Vietnam is based on 04 criteria, such as Standard on production techniques; Food safety including measures to ensure no chemical contamination or physical contamination during harvesting; Working environment aims to prevent abuse of the labor of farmers; Product traceability. 

On 31 December 2015, all commercial fish farms must apply and be certified by VietGAP or other international certifications under Decree No. 36/2014/ND-CP dated 29/04/2014 about farming, processing and export of pangasius products. The Decree comes into force on 20 June 2014. The certification program is encouraged in farming many other fishes in Vietnam.

 
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Certifications

Quoc Viet has become the first Asian shrimp farmer to obtain Aquaculture Stewardship Council certification.

(vasep.com.vn) On 8th October, Provincial Fisheries Department implemented the training and consultancy plan forVietnam’s good aquaculture practices (VietGAP) . The aim was to certify 2 pangasius farms with total farming area of ​​9 hectares. Annual production of each farm was 1,500 MT and 500 MT.

(vasep.com.vn) Vietnam will join the Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) in granting certificates for seafood exports to the European Union (EU).

Held concurrently with its GOAL 2014 conference, the Global Aquaculture Alliance on Oct. 9 held a special event titled “Celebrating Leadership in Vietnam's Aquaculture Industry.” About 150 delegates attended the event, which was free of charge and open to all interested stakeholders.

(vasep.com.vn) Thuan Phuoc Seafood & Trading Group was honored for its achievement of four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status. This is the fourth Vietnamese company to reach this achievement.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has already shown some solid uptake in Europe since it launched, but it doesn’t have a single product in the US market.

(vasep.com.vn) In February 2013, Hung Ca Co., Ltd was recently certified by Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) for its sustainable pangasius production in the farming area in Thanh Binh district, Dong Thap province.

(vasep.com.vn) On the evening of 6 August, 2014, in the framework of Vietfish 2014 in HCMC, Mr. Carson Roper, representative of Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) rewarded four-star "Best Aquaculture Practices" to Minh Phu Seafood Corporation, Ut Xi Aquatic Products Processing Joint Stock Company and Soc Trang Seafood Joint stock Company (Stapimex).

(vasep.com.vn) On 8th August, a collective of four pangasius farming members in Tra Vinh received GlobalGAP certificate by Provincial Fisheries Association. This collective, leaded by Mr. Giang Van Bay, owns 1.2 hectare, located in Tan Hoa Commune, Tieu Can District.

This is a sub-project of "Improving productivity and quality of products in Ca Mau province” in the period of 2011 - 2015" project. The whiteleg shrimp farming project is on the area of ​​1 hectare, with density of 60 shrimp/m2, capitalized at nearly VND800 million, in which state budget covers 30%.

(vasep.com.vn) According to Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of Can Tho, total aquaculture area of the city in the first 7 months of 2014 was 8,100 hectares, up 1.19% year on year. Aquacultural harvests reached 77,320 MT, up 7.73% year on year.

(vasep.com.vn) A sustainable aquaculture project was conducted by the College of Agriculture and Fisheries (under the Can Tho University) in cooperation with The University of Stirling (in the UK) in order to help European countries understand that the production chain of farmed shrimp and pangasius in Vietnam could ensure food safety and the health of consumers.

(pangasius-vietnam.com) Vietnamese Prime Minister has recently approved the project on “Establishing a Sustainable Pangasius Supply Chain in Vietnam”, which is funded by the EU under its Switch-Asia Program. The project is run by the Vietnam Cleaner Production Centre (VNCPC).

(vasep.com.vn) Dong Thap province's Agriculture Extension Centre is introducing the farming model of red tilapia under GlobalGap standard for 20 households who own over 50 farming cages.

(vasep.com.vn) In Phu Yen province, fish farmers are cultivating sea cucumbers and shrimp in a pond, in which, sea cucumber is the main farmed species. The model is creating more benefits for farmers and developing fish farming sustainably.