China and the US lead the pangasius import market of Vietnam

Published 2022년 8월 24일

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam held a seminar to emphasize the importance of mechanization in aquaculture and fishing, highlighting the industry's growth into the third largest seafood exporter in the world. The country has seen a significant increase in seafood export value, with aquaculture contributing substantially to this growth. The seminar underscored the need for advancing scientific and technical progress, encouraging mechanization, and ensuring food safety to further develop the seafood industry. Specifically, the pangasius industry is booming, with high prices and increasing demand, but also facing challenges such as quality control and sustainable practices. The ministry emphasized the importance of energy efficiency, environmental protection, and economic development through mechanization in aquaculture.

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On August 23, in Soc Trang, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a seminar "Mechanization in aquaculture production and fishing". Truong Dinh Hoe, General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), said that Vietnam is the third largest seafood exporter in the world after China and Norway. Export value increased from 1.8 billion USD in 2000 to 8.9 billion USD in 2021, of which aquaculture contributed 5.5 billion USD and caught seafood contributed 3.4 billion USD. In 2010, the whole country had 533 seafood processing establishments for export, by 2019 there were 784 establishments, including 644 frozen seafood processing establishments, 18 canning establishments, and 84 processing establishments. dry goods, 35 fish sauce and fish sauce processing establishments, 3 cold storage service establishments. By July 2022, there are 838 industrial-scale factories that have been certified to meet the conditions to ensure food safety, of ...

Source: Vietstock