Vietnam: Difficulties for aquaculture farmers during the pandemic

The COVID-19 epidemic not only affects the consumption of seafood products, causing farmers to lose money, but also leads to the risk of supply shortages later, because farmers "hang up the pond". Slow consumption, farmers lose money For nearly 2 months now, the family of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Chuc, the leader of the freshwater fish farming group in Suoi Rao commune, Chau Duc district, and members of the group have been devastated by experiencing the most difficult crop ever. The disease caused Mr. Chuc and fish farmers to struggle to find output for their products. If before, 15-17 tons of fish to his harvest were purchased by traders in 7-10 days, now he has been damaged for a month and still cannot sell all the fish in the pond. Mr. Chuc said: "In the same period last year, I earned a profit of VND 250-300 million/crop, but this year I am sure of a loss, because the price of fish has continuously decreased, while the cost of fish food has increased." Households raising fish in cages ...