Increasing production cost but decreasing price for snake-head fish in Vietnam

The saline drought is increasing production costs for snakehead fish farmers while the prices of fish are abnormally low. Wholesale snakehead fish is currently priced at around 1.16 USD/ kg, down by 1 USD/ kg compared with the pre-Tet period, while production costs are over 1.29 USD/ kg. The reason is due to high salinity which affects growth rate, closed sluice gates to prevent water shortage, and decreased consumerism due to Coronavirus.