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Vietnam has targeted to earn 9 billion USD from fishery exports in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 7 percent, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has set a target to earn 1.2 billion USD from exports in 2020.

A Japanese business delegation led by President of the Solar Wind Technology Company Mochio Horiuchi held a working session with Vice Secretary of the Bac Lieu provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Duong Thanh Trung on January 10.

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has set a target to earn 1.2 billion USD from exports in 2020.

Vietnam’s seafood export value reached 3.2 billion USD last year, a 8-percent increase from a year earlier, the highest rate ever, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 6 for Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.

The central province of Quang Tri has urged authorities, localities and fishermen to take stronger actions to counter the European Commission’s illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing yellow card

The fisheries sector in 2020 will focus on granting certification to brackish shrimp farms (tiger shrimp and white-leg shrimp), tra fish farms and aquaculture in cages, Director of the Directorate of Fisheries Tran Dinh Luan said.

Despite facing an array of difficulties in export markets and particularly challenges in removing the European Commission (EC)’s “yellow card” warning against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the domestic fishery sector has worked out measures to make use of export opportunities.

Vietnam’s aquatic product exports to China rose 19.7 percent year-on-year to reach 1.1 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2019, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam’s cashew sector aims to earn 4 billion USD in export turnover in 2020.

For 2020, Vietnam’s agricultural sector targets a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 2.8 – 3 percent and an agro-forestry-fishery export turnover of more than 42 billion USD.

Vietnam and the US recently unveiled the logo of the 25th founding anniversary of their diplomatic ties (July 2020), which also marks 25 years since the normalisation of bilateral diplomatic relations

Forestry sector maintained a high growth of over 5 percent this year, with forestry product export reaching 11.3 billion USD, up nearly 20 percent from 2018.

International economic integration has helped An Giang’s key exports such as agricultural and fishery products, as well as frozen vegetables and fruits occupied many major markets like the US, the EU.

Vietnam has recorded a surge in cashew nut exports to China despite a decline in shipments of many agricultural products to this neighbouring market.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung has ordered relevant ministries, sectors and authorities of 28 coastal localities to implement measures to stop IUU fishing by fishing ships in international waters.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Belarusian leaders are set to discuss ways to step up their countries’ traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation during an official trip to the European nation from December 12 to 14.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung held a reception in Hanoi on December 6 for Mongolian Minister of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry Ulaan Chultem.

A friendship exchange between Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian farmers wrapped up in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, on December 2.