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Vietnam attends Int’l Boston Seafood Show

Seventeen Vietnamese businesses joined their counterparts from 59 countries and territories to showcase their products at the International Boston Seafood Show (IBSS) in Massachusetts State, the US, from March 10-12.
Seventeen Vietnamese businesses joined their counterparts from 59countries and territories to showcase their products at theInternational Boston Seafood Show (IBSS) in Massachusetts State, the US,from March 10-12.

Vietnam has taken part inIBSS for 15 consecutive years. However, the scale and the diversity ofVietnam’s exhibits at this year’s show remained modest compared withIBSS 2012. Tra and basa fillets and other products from the fishspecies by VASEP affiliates such as Hung Vuong, Bien Dong Seafood andBiafishco companies were on display at the fair.

Thefair, the second largest of its kind in the world, introduced newseafood products and up-to-date fishing and seafood processing andpackaging technology and services.

Within theframework of IBSS 2013, the Vietnam Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP) in association with the Seafood General Department and theTraceVerified company organized a seminar to popularize the country’sfisheries sector.-VNA
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