IT’S OFFICIAL: Shrimp Is Under SIMP

As of today, shrimp imports are now officially covered by the U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) in accordance with the final rule...

Aquaculture:

Poor farmers to get financial support when joining agricultural insurance

A farmer who is poor or poverty threshold will receive the support of up to 90% for agricultural insurance fees from the...

Kien Giang to shift rice fields to aquaculture

Kien Giang Province, the country’s largest rice producer, plans to shift 86,625ha of unproductive rice fields to aquaculture and...

Trà Vinh expand super-intensive shrimp farming model

Shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh have expanded highly profitable super-intensive shrimp farming...

Seminar talks development of shrimp farming

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has ordered provinces and cities to focus on ensuring farmers raise...

PM announces national shrimp action plan

The “national action plan for the development of the shrimp industry” — announced by Vietnam’s prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Jan....

Processing:

IT’S OFFICIAL: Shrimp Is Under SIMP

As of today, shrimp imports are now officially covered by the U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) in accordance with the...

Tightened controls on antibiotic residues for shrimp industry

The shrimp industry earned US$3.8 billion in export revenue in 2017 and is striving to reach a revenue target of US$8-10 billion by...

Vietnam enjoys strong growth in shrimp exports to RoK

Vietnam has so far this year exported US$243.2 million worth of shrimp to the Republic of Korea (RoK), a surge of 29.8% year on year,...

Catfish exporters object to US DOC preliminary anti-dumping order

On October 14 2016 the US Department of Commerce initiated its 13th administrative review of an antidumping duty order on frozen fish...

New programme to tighten control of catfish exported to US

Việt Nam will tighten its control on the quality and safety of Siluriformes fish (mainly tra and basa) before shipping it to the US.