The northern province of Quang Ninh, with its advantages in a long coastline and a large number of islands, is focusing on expanding industrial aquatic farming at sea with an aim to become the largest fisheries hub in the northern region.
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 total aquatic catching and production of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang fetched 836,175 tones in 2020, surpassing the yearly target by 10.75 percent, according to a local official.
Hanoi has established 56 areas for large-scale aquaculture production in eight rural districts, according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.
An exhibition on technologies of the shrimp sector in Vietnam is scheduled for the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu with a view of turning the locality into a national shrimp industry centre.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is prioritizing calling for investment in 17 projects in aquaculture, mostly shrimp farming in brackish water, with total capital of 1.32 trillion VND (54.34 million USD).
The Mekong Delta province of Long An plans to increase its aquatic farming area by 200 hectares to approximately 9,200 hectares and expects to produce 52,550 tonnes of aquatic products this year.
If 3 percent of 26.9 million Vietnamese farming households engage in aquaponics model, they will together make it a potential market valued at more than 403 million AUD.
A conference was held in Can Tho City on September 12 to boost ties among enterprises operating in environment treatment in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region and Hiroshima prefecture of Japan.
The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has seen recovery and development of the fishery sector after more than one year of the maritime environment incident.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said the country expects to yield over 1.2 million tonnes of fish by 2019 under its seafood development strategy in 2010-2019.
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