A Vietnamese stall at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Fifteen leading Vietnameseenterprises is taking part in the Seafood Expo North America, the biggestannual event of its kind in the region, which opened in Boston, the US, onMarch 17.
The three-day expo attracts over 1,000 firms from more than50 countries all over the world, displaying fresh and frozen products andhigh-tech processing machines. It also features seminars on growth trends andpredictions, consumers’ impact on the industry, standards for trackingproducts’ origin, remotely controlled devices serving sustainable aquaticdevelopment, among others.
The Vietnamese delegation to the event, led by the VietnamAssociation of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VSEP), consists of companies,which have made their trademark known overseas, like Vinh Hoa, Minh Phu, HungVuong, Nghi Son, Trang Thuy, and Seaprimexco.
Aquatic products are a key export commodity of Vietnam,which reeled in 9 billion USD last year.
To Thi Tuong Lan, deputy general secretary of VASEP, saidVietnamese seafood quality have received praises in international markets,particularly the US.
According to Lan, given upbeat growth signals in the globaland US markets, Vietnam sees opportunities to export other high value addedprocessed products in addition to its staples such as Tra fish and shrimp.
On the sidelines of the expo, representatives of the Ca Mautrade promotion centre met with its US partners to introduce local potentialand efforts to develop a clean shrimp cultivation model. Aquatic exports of CaMau, a province in the Mekong Delta region, currently account for 30 percent ofVietnam’s total.-VNA
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