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Vietnam’s GDP growth reaches 8.02% this year, a record high in the 2011-2022 period as the economy is recovering strongly.

The fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has seen progress. The localities have considered this one of the key tasks to help the fishery industry achieve sustainable development and integration.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 5.64 percent in the first half of this year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on June 29.

The export of the first batch of frozen shrimp to several European countries under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) was marked with a ceremony in the south central province of Ninh Thuan on September 11.

Vietnam’s tra fish exports to some major markets like the US and China are gradually increasing though the fisheries industry is still struggling to cope with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to establish 50 new cooperatives and one cooperative union this year and hopes to push the annual growth of the collective economy to 10 percent and its contribution to the city’s economy to 0.6 percent.

In 2018, three sectors of agro-forestry-fishery, industry and construction, and service recorded positive growth compared to that of 2017.

Considerable efforts have been made by the entire political system, sectors and localities to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as required by the European Commission.

Vietnam’s fishery sector should use more seafood by-products such as bones, heads and skin to add value to the industry, experts said at a recent forum in Ho Chi Minh City.

In the first 6 months of 2018, the 3 sectors of agro-forestry-fishery, industry-construction, and services expanded significantly compared to the same period last year.

Off-shore fishing has over recent years become an economic spearhead in many localities. Beyond the bumper harvest, there left a hardship weariness that makes it hard for fishermen to do their job.

Vietnam: Sectors' growth in six months 2017

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged the country’s Maritime Coordinating Minister, Rizal Ramli, to come up with a strong marine policy that can be implemented in July.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau earned nearly 275 million USD from aquatic exports, mostly shrimp, in the first four months of 2016, up three percent from last year.

Officials expect Vietnam’s tra fish (pangasius) export value to continue falling this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.