SUMMARY 

Up to 2024, hundreds sustainable certifications are implemented 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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Sustainable aquaculture project compliance with European standards

(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.

Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Vice President of University Can Tho said that after four years of running, the project's pilot shrimp and pangasius farming models in Mekong Delta provided good results. The results showed that the quality of imported products from Vietnam equal to those produced in the EU. Drugs and chemical products which are banned by the EU are not used in Vietnamese production and processing chain.

European consumers face no risk when eating pangasius, as the freezing process helps eliminate bacteria and pathogens in frozen fish products. There are also few reports relating to illness caused by seafood products from Vietnam. The use of anti-bacterial agents in shrimp and pangasius farming is considerably limited.

Pangasius is the key export items with high profit of Mekong Delta region. However, exports of this species still met difficulties due to strict technical barriers set by foreign countries.