A breeding shrimp farm of the Viet-Uc Seafood Corporation in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has become the first in Vietnam to fulfill criterion set by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
An international conference was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 3 to discuss ways to improve the value of shrimp by-products in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese shrimp exporters have been in a tough year in 2018 as world supply saw strong increases that brought down both shrimp price and demand in major markets.
There is room for the development of Vietnam’s shrimp sector thanks to favourable farming conditions and increasing global demand, heard a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 23.
Various challenges face Vietnam’s shrimp exports to the US, as aside from high anti-dumping duties, Vietnamese businesses have to tackle harsh policies the US uses to protect domestic production.
The agriculture sector’s export turnover in the first six months of 2018 reached some 20 billion USD, setting a decent pace by meeting half the year’s target of 41 billion USD.
A delegation from the Israeli city of Nazareth, led by its Deputy Mayor Youset Ayad, worked with authorities and toured shrimp farms in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 6, seeking partnership opportunities for importing shrimp.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has asked the Government to strengthen the control of temporary imports for re-export of shrimp from India and Ecuador.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has ordered provinces and cities to focus on ensuring farmers raise shrimp using proper breeding processes and advanced techniques.
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 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has asked People’s Committees of cities and provinces with large areas of shrimp farms to employ different solutions in order to reach targets set in the national action plan for the development of the shrimp industry through 2025.
To achieve the target of 10 billion dollars in 2025, Vietnam's shrimp sector is witnessing drastic changes in various fields, while gradually building its trademark amidst fierce global competition.
Despite a rebound in shrimp exports to the EU in recent months, Vietnam’s shrimp sector is facing a fierce competition in the market, requiring domestic exporters to continue improving their product quality and competitiveness.
The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has applied a number of measures to boost the development of the local fishery sector as part of efforts to optimise local advantages.
A FAO-funded project has identified the causes of shrimp breeding failure in Soc Trang and Bac Lieu province, it was reported at a seminar held in southern Bac Lieu province on July 21.
A roundtable dialogue on increasing added value of Vietnamese shrimps took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 21with the participation of more than 100 businesspeople and farmers in the region.
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XIII National Congress of Communist Party of Vietnam
