(seafood.vasep.com.vn) On June 21th 2017, WWF-Vietnam in collaboration with Soc Trang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development held a workshop "Value Chain Promotion and the ASC certification for linkages between enterprises and shrimp farming cooperatives in Soc Trang".

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2017, Kien Giang province plans to total an area of 114,000 hectares in brackish water shrimp farming, with the production of 63,000 MT. The province boosts shrimp farming safely, sustainably and effectively.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Ca Mau Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, from now to 2020 as well as to 2030, the area for shrimp farming in the province will remain at 280,000 hectares.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue shipped 474.7 million USD worth of products to foreign countries in the first seven months of the year, a year-on-year surge of 24.88 percent.

Australia and New Zealand have huge potential for Vietnamese products like farm produce, aquatic products, coffee, cashew, computers, telephones and garments, said Nguyen Phuc Nam, deputy director of the Department of Asia-Pacific Market under the Ministry of Industry and Trade at a conference held in Hanoi on July 28.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which is considered a comprehensive trade agreement covering a wide area of sectors and also has an equal elimination of tariffs from both sides, is anticipated to bring about benefits and opportunities for both economies in multiple ways throughout the years.

The Prime Minister has decided to establish the Thai Binh Economic Zone (EZ) in the northern province of Thai Binh

Vietnam’s export turnover of aquatic products was estimated at 727 million USD in July, raising the total in the first seven months of this year to 4.3 billion USD, up 17.5 percent year-on-year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Australia and New Zealand have huge potential for Vietnamese products like farm produce, aquatic products, coffee, cashew, computers, telephones and garments, said Nguyen Phuc Nam, deputy director of the Department of Asia-Pacific Market under the Ministry of Industry and Trade at a conference held in Hanoi on July 28.

Vietnam is expected to become the EU’s largest trade partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) once the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) comes into effect in 2018, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Ba Ria - Vung Tau Development of Agriculture and Rural Department, the total aquaculture area of the province hit over 7,500 ha. Of that, the area for freshwater aquaculture was 2,215 ha and that for saltwater and brackish water aquaculture was 5,286 ha, with diversified species such as black tiger shrimp, whiteleg shrimp, grouper, seabass, snakehead…

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to Mr. Tran Dac Mau, head of the An Giang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, raw pangasius prices have been increasing steadily since before the Lunar New Year in 2017 and currently quoted at a high price of VND24,500-25,000/kg.

The agricultural sector will aim for a GDP growth rate of between 3 – 3.1 percent and total export value of agro-forestry-fisheries at 34 – 35 billion USD in 2018.

Hanoi’s agro-forestry-aquaculture production value surpassed 18.6 trillion VND (about 818.4 million USD) in the two first quarters of this year, up 2.85 percent against the same period last year, heard a conference on July 19.

Vietnam’s aquatic product exports to the Netherlands enjoyed a substantial jump of 15.4 percent to 101 million USD in the first half of the year, paving the way for the shipment growth in the European market.