With geographical advantages other places don’t have, Khanh Hoa province has developed mariculture as a key development strategy.
The unique models of raising sea cucumbers and sweet snails, and giant groupers in the province have not only helped locals increase their income but also conserve endangered marine resources (Photo: VNA)
(Photo: VNA)
Apart from its commercial value, sea grapes, when cultivated with sea cucumbers, are regarded as a “biofilter” which helps improve the water’s environment (Photo: VNA)
Vietnam is among the countries that have access to abundant aquatic resource, particularly sandfish, which are found in river estuaries or gulfs with sandy bottoms (Photo: VNA)
The toughest job in raising sandfish is producing the breeders, which lasts from 3-4 months (Photo: VNA)
After over a year, the harvested sand fish weigh an average of 330 grams (Photo: VNA)
A draft strategy for sea farming development has set the target of making Vietnam a leading country in mariculture in Asia, and one of the world’s top five farmed seafood producers and exporters by 2050.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is making a strategy on mariculture development until 2030 with a vision to 2050 to submit to PM Phuc for approval.
There is a high risk of drought in the central and south-central coastal provinces as the dry season is forecast to extend to August and even September of 2019, according to Hoang Phuc Lam, Deputy Director of the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).
Vietnam’s new-age carrier Vietjet Air has launched its latest international route connecting Nha Trang city in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa with the port city of Busan in the Republic of Korea (RoK).
A marine farming project worth 30 million USD has been licensed in principle in the southern province of Kien Giang, expected to produce 30,000 tonnes of saltwater fish for export each year.