The annual fair, the largest seafood trade event in North America , isthe place for businesses to show their fresh frozen and packagedseafood products, as well as processing equipment.
The event attracts about 800 exhibitors every year.
According to VASEP, the show has been part of a key national tradepromotion programme to help seafood exporters develop new markets andupdate market information relating to the US as well as North America.
Statistics of the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment show that seafood exports to 35 major markets in 2009brought home nearly 4.2 billion USD.
The US Department of Commerce reported that Vietnam ’s aquatic exportsto the US was valued at nearly 677 million USD in 2009.
Vietnam remains one of US's 10 largest aquatic exporters in terms of value./.