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Vietnam was the fifth largest supplier of aquatic products for Japan in the first 10 months of this year, data from the Japan Customs show.

Vietnam’s aquatic product exporters are being hit hard by the impacts of COVID-19, but there are still opportunities for domestic businesses despite the gloomy outlook, experts have said.

To gain a larger market share in China, aquatic product exporters of Vietnam have been urged to target restaurants and hotels.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho’s goods and service export revenue reached nearly 1.43 billion USD in the first nine months of 2017, up 15.38 percent year on year, local officials said on November 1.

Aquatic product exporters should devise proper strategies to make inroads into to China – a potential but choosy market, experts said at a workshop held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30.