Vietnam has undertaken efforts to enhance product quality and marketingstrategies in a bid to take full advantage of Canada’s market potentialfor its aquacultural products.
Vietnamese seafood products,especially frozen tra fish (pangasius) fillets, are amongst thebest-selling imported products in Canada and are available at a largenumber of retailers.
According to Hua Van Hao, President ofKien Fat Trade Company in Toronto, Canada, Vietnam should strengthen theState management of tra fish export in terms of quality and price inorder to meet international standards.
Meanwhile, Lenny Wong,Executive Director of Ocean Parkers Inc., highlighted the largepotential on the local market for Vietnamese seafood products, addingthat his company imported and distributed 600 containers of tra fish andba sa fish all over Canada each year.
Wong also suggestedVietnam improve product quality and food safety to gain the trust ofCanadian consumers, while also increasing competitiveness in the field.
The Government recently issued Decree 36/2014/ND-CP,which requires breeders, processors, and exporters of tra fish to meetthe Vietnam Good Agricultural Practice (VietGap) standards orinternational standards such as GlobalGAP and Aquaculture StewardshipCouncil (ASC), in a move to strengthen its exports to large markets suchas the EU and the US.-VNA
Vietnamese seafood products,especially frozen tra fish (pangasius) fillets, are amongst thebest-selling imported products in Canada and are available at a largenumber of retailers.
According to Hua Van Hao, President ofKien Fat Trade Company in Toronto, Canada, Vietnam should strengthen theState management of tra fish export in terms of quality and price inorder to meet international standards.
Meanwhile, Lenny Wong,Executive Director of Ocean Parkers Inc., highlighted the largepotential on the local market for Vietnamese seafood products, addingthat his company imported and distributed 600 containers of tra fish andba sa fish all over Canada each year.
Wong also suggestedVietnam improve product quality and food safety to gain the trust ofCanadian consumers, while also increasing competitiveness in the field.
The Government recently issued Decree 36/2014/ND-CP,which requires breeders, processors, and exporters of tra fish to meetthe Vietnam Good Agricultural Practice (VietGap) standards orinternational standards such as GlobalGAP and Aquaculture StewardshipCouncil (ASC), in a move to strengthen its exports to large markets suchas the EU and the US.-VNA
