Aquaculture has grown rapidly in Asia in the past three decades with the main impetus for the industry’s surge being the stagnant wild fish catch, which has leveled off at a little above 80 million tonnes since the 1980s, according to Japanese economists.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has recently signed Decision No.1664/QD-TTg approving a project on marine aquaculture development till 2030 with a vision to 2045.
Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has recently signed Decision No.1664/QD-TTg approving a project on marine aquaculture development till 2030 with a vision to 2045.
Vietnam’s exporters should pay more attention to expanding sales on e-commerce platforms besides trade promotion activities in particular in order to expand export of ago-forestry-aquaculture products to China and its Guangdong province, according to the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will develop sea aquaculture, focusing on breeding fish in floating cages and bivalve mollusc farming effectively and safely, thereby contributing to enhancing agricultural economic growth in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang will develop sea aquaculture, focusing on breeding fish in floating cages and bivalve mollusc farming effectively and safely, thereby contributing to enhancing agricultural economic growth in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The southernmost province of Ca Mau currently has more than 300,000 ha of aquaculture area, including over 158,000 ha of extensive shrimp farming and nearly 8,600 ha of intensive shrimp farming.
The Indonesian Ministry of Marine Fisheries (KKP) has said increased exports in the marine and fisheries sector due to a surge in global demand could improve the country’s economic performance amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau is protecting seafood resources and developing aquaculture sustainably, with local authorities preventing destructive fishing activities and encouraging farmers to apply advanced techniques.
The agriculture sector is set to earn 41 billion USD from export in 2021, according to Vu Ba Phu, head of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Total salt and brackish water aquaculture output in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh reached 28,000 tonnes in the first five months of 2021, with shrimp output of over 20,000 tonnes, an increase of 6,000 tonnes year-on-year.
The production value of the shrimp industry in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre is to surge by an average of 41.1 percent each year to 2025 and reach 1 billion USD.
The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan will jointly organise an online conference on June 2 to promote connections in a bid to increase the export of Vietnamese farm produce to Japan.
Under Vietnam’s fisheries development strategy to 2030 and vision to 2045, the fisheries sector is applying itself to become an important sector in the country, strongly integrate into the world, develop sustainably and responsibly, and proactively adapt to climate change.
The third VietShrimp Aquaculture International Fair, focusing on technology in Vietnam’s shrimp industry, opened in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 14.
The districts of Go Cong Dong and Tan Phu Dong, which form key saline and brackish water aquaculture areas in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, are targeting to have more than 10,500 ha of water surface area serving aquatic farming, mostly shrimp, this year.
The northern province of Bac Giang will develop 140ha of aquaculture with 130 high-tech intensive aquaculture models in the 2021-2025 period, said the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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