Vietnam: Bac Lieu farmers catch a lot of giant green-legged shrimp, selling for the highest price of 155,000 VND/kg

Salt farmers in the conversion area of Hong Dan district, Bac Lieu province harvest giant freshwater prawns in the shrimp-rice conversion area. Photo: C.L. Farmers in the shrimp-rice conversion area of Hong Dan district and Phuoc Long district (Bac Lieu) are entering the harvest season of giant freshwater prawns intercropped with rice fields. Because the harvest season has not yet begun, the price of giant freshwater prawns is currently being purchased by traders at a high price, making farmers in the shrimp-rice conversion area in the districts of Bac Lieu excited. Specifically, medium-sized giant freshwater prawns weighing 15-40 per kg are priced at VND140,000 per kg, while those weighing 12-40 per kg are sold for VND155,000 per kg. With this relatively high price of giant freshwater prawns, farmers have made quite a profit. Giant freshwater prawns ...