The Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AusCham) wishes to learn more about the southern province of Hau Giang and the investment opportunities within the province.

Fishermen in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu have gained big profits in recent weeks thanks to favourable weather.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is focusing on fisheries exploitation on the back of its favourable natural conditions.

A seminar on developing quality and productive agriculture took place in Hanoi on June 27 as part of the Vietnam Economic Forum 2017.

Mekong delta localities sought to achieve sustainable development for Tra fish farming in Vietnam at a conference in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on June 23.

Authorities of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue is directing their resources on implementing 12 priority projects worth nearly VND1.2 trillion (US$52 million) to accelerate the agricultural restructuring process by 2020.

Up to 30 shrimp farming cooperatives in the Mekong Delta provinces of Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau have achieved the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification on responsible aquaculture.

Local businesses in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh earned 17.3 million USD from exporting aquatic products in the first half of 2017, an surge of 10.49 million USD against the same period last year.

Vietnam expects to record bilateral two-way trade of over 10 billion USD with China, the Republic of Korea, the US, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan (China), and Malaysia in 2017.

Vietnam's export revenue to Brazil was estimated at over US$1.06 billion in the first sixth months of 2017, an increase of 46% compared with the same period in 2016, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) The aquaculture area of Bac Lieu province in April 2017 reached 108,437 ha; in which, the area for shrimp farming was 107,748 ha (that for intensive and semi-intensive black tiger shrimp and whiteleg shrimp was 3,467 ha, and that for other types of farming was 104,281 ha) and the area for fish and other marine products was 689 ha.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the statistics from Khanh Hoa Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in Jan-May 2017, the total aquaculture and capture output in Khanh Hoa province reached over 41,600 MT. Of that, aquaculture production hit 4,237 MT, completing 31% of the plan; capture output touched 37,395 MT, completing 40% of the plan.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) grew 16.2 per cent year-on-year in the first five months of 2017, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the statistics of Khanh Hoa Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, in April 2017, capture output of the province hit 182 MT; the figure in Jan-Apr 2017 was 553 MT, completing 46% of the plan. The farming area reached 342 ha, completing 76% of the plan with the aquaculture volume of 162 MT, completing 14% of the plan.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In May 2017, Vietnam’s aquaculture production reached 370 thousand MT, up 3.3% over the previous year, the figure in Jan-May 2017 estimated at 1,235 thousand MT, up 2.4% year on year.