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Fishery catching in the first nine months of this year was more than 2.3 million tonnes, up 2.7 percent over the same period last year.

Vietnam earned 20.6 billion USD from selling abroad farm, forestry farmed fish products in the first eight months of 2016, up 5.6 percent from a year ago

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is striving to tackle falling exports of major farm products to assure it reaches its goal of 30 bln USD in agro-forestry-fishery export revenues.

Agro-forestry-fishery shipments abroad brought home an estimated 17.8 billion USD in the first seven months of the year, a year-on year surge of 5.1 percent.

A reduction of the intensified inspection frequency on Vietnamese seafood will depend on the results of the examination of exporters’ next shipments to Australia.

The central province of Quang Tri has allocated 9 billion VND (405,000 USD) and 800 tonnes of rice to local fishermen affected by the recent mass fish deaths.

A conference on solutions to developing a green maritime economy was held in the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city on July 8.

Vietnam posted a year-on-year GDP growth of 5.52 percent in the first half of 2016, down from 6.32 percent in the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

Vietnam’s combined agriculture-forestry-fishery export turnover reached 15.05 billion USD in the first six months of 2016, up 5.4 percent from one year ago.

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.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Hoang Anh Tuan met with Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to discuss bilateral efforts to curb illegal fishing, boost fishery cooperation.

Exports of Vietnamese seafood products to the Republic of Korea are expected to increase strongly this year thanks to the free trade agreement between the two countries that took effect last December.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked for tighter management of fishery products amid warnings by major import markets on food hygiene and safety standards of aquatic products.

The National Agro-Forestry-Fishery Quality Assurance Department has announced that salt produced in some central provinces, where abnormal mass fish deaths occurred recently, is safe for consumers.

The total agro-forestry-fishery export turnover in the first five months of this year is estimated to reach 12.18 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 4.9 percent.

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.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China encourage the import of agro-forestry-fishery products from Vietnam.

The agro-forestry-fisheries export turnover in April was estimated at 2.97 billion USD, bringing the four-month figure to over 10 billion USD, up 11 percent against the same period last year.

The 11th fishery patrol between the coast guards of Vietnam and China in shared fishing grounds in the Gulf of Tokin ended successfully on April 23 after nearly a week.

The coast guards of Vietnam and China are conducting a joint fishery patrol on shared fishing grounds in the Tonkin Gulf from April 19 – 23, Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily reported.