Aquaculture has flourished in the central region in recent years, but is now encountering several problems, including a shortage of baby shrimp for breeding and polluted groundwater from inadequate waste treatment. Although farmers have dramatically increased their incomes, disease outbreaks among contaminated shrimp, particularly those that are purchased unquarantined, have caused mass deaths and polluted [...]
Aug 29 2011 | Posted in
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Customs procedures are being eased towards seafood material imports which are used to produce for exports. In light of Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) Official Letter 10612/BTC-TCHQ dated August 10, 2011, the ministry gave the nod to some proposals concerning raw seafood imports for export production the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) earlier [...]
Aug 20 2011 | Posted in
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Vietnam has earned just US$17.8 million from exporting 8,500 tonnes of tra fish this year, down 26 percent in output and 6.8 percent in export value over the same period last year. According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), the number of exporters to the market has dropped from 43 last [...]
Vietnamese seafood exporters now on the tenterhooks, because more and more European and American importers ask for lower prices or give up the contracts. Meanwhile, analysts have predicted worse situation towards the end of the year due to the public debt crisis in Europe and the US. Demand down, inventory up The tra fish export [...]
Aug 17 2011 | Posted in
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has approved a plan for developing breeding sea fish through 2015, with orientations for 2020. Under the plan, the output of sea fish raised in salt water and shrimp ponds is expected to reach 61,000 tonnes by 2015 and 98,000 tonnes by 2020. Sea fish raised in [...]
Aug 15 2011 | Posted in
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Vietnam posted its January-July export revenue from aqua-products at US$3.1 billion, rising by 24.8 percent over the same period last year, according to VASEP — the country’s Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers. A VASEP update report said July’s aqua-product export revenue was about US$500 million. The report said shipments to large markets have increased [...]
Aug 6 2011 | Posted in
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