With great efforts, Vietnam ’s fisheries industry has grown up and made important contributions to the cause of national construction and defence, said the government leader.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered the remark at the opening ceremony of the first Vietnam Seafood Festival in the southern city of Can Tho on April 24.
The festival, entitled “ Vietnam ’s Seafood – Potential, Development and Integration”, was held by the municipal People’s Committee.
Former Party’s General Secretary Le Kha Phieu, leaders from ministries, branches and agencies, and officials from several embassies, consulates and large domestic seafood exporters attended the ceremony.
Vietnam has great potential for developing the fisheries, with numerous ponds, lakes and rivers, a long coast of over 3,200 km and sea waters of more than 1,000 sq.km, said the PM.
Over the past 20 years, under the renewal guidelines initiated by the Party, the country’s fisheries industry has made a big stride in both production and export, becoming an important economic sector of the country, lauded the PM.
The sector reportedly boasted over 4.8 million tonnes of aquatic products last year, up six times over 1986. Its seafood products have been present in 160 countries and territories across the world.
The industry’s potential remains great and it is able to expand the production, reduce production costs and prices as well as improve the products’ quality, reckoned the government leader while pointing to the important role of the Mekong Delta in the sector’s development.
On the occasion, the PM urged the fisheries sector to make more efforts to bring into full play its traditions, great achievements and advantages for fast and sustainable development.
The festival is scheduled to close on April 27.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered the remark at the opening ceremony of the first Vietnam Seafood Festival in the southern city of Can Tho on April 24.
The festival, entitled “ Vietnam ’s Seafood – Potential, Development and Integration”, was held by the municipal People’s Committee.
Former Party’s General Secretary Le Kha Phieu, leaders from ministries, branches and agencies, and officials from several embassies, consulates and large domestic seafood exporters attended the ceremony.
Vietnam has great potential for developing the fisheries, with numerous ponds, lakes and rivers, a long coast of over 3,200 km and sea waters of more than 1,000 sq.km, said the PM.
Over the past 20 years, under the renewal guidelines initiated by the Party, the country’s fisheries industry has made a big stride in both production and export, becoming an important economic sector of the country, lauded the PM.
The sector reportedly boasted over 4.8 million tonnes of aquatic products last year, up six times over 1986. Its seafood products have been present in 160 countries and territories across the world.
The industry’s potential remains great and it is able to expand the production, reduce production costs and prices as well as improve the products’ quality, reckoned the government leader while pointing to the important role of the Mekong Delta in the sector’s development.
On the occasion, the PM urged the fisheries sector to make more efforts to bring into full play its traditions, great achievements and advantages for fast and sustainable development.
The festival is scheduled to close on April 27.
