VOV.VN - The Vietnamese seafood industry is being urged to restructure its export approach, with a particular focus on diversifying markets and products, enhancing added value, and minimizing risks to ensure stable export growth amid global fluctuations.

The European Commission (EC) has delayed its fifth inspection of Vietnam's efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing to the end of 2025, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE).

Vietnam has risen to the top four largest seafood export partners of Singapore, after Malaysia, Indonesia and Norway, in the first quarter of 2025.

As global integration and sustainability demands intensify, Vietnam, a top-three global shrimp exporter, is strategically transitioning to green practices to elevate its role in the international seafood supply chain.

VOV.VN - Voicing concerns about the newly unveiled US reciprocal tariff of 46% on Vietnamese exports to this market, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has urgently petitioned the Prime Minister and relevant ministries for support.

Vietnam’s seafood exports staged a remarkable recovery in the first quarter, reaching a total value of US$2.45 billion, up 26% year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam has officially opened its market to British live seafood products, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced on April 1.

Vietnam has emerged as the second largest supplier of seafood to Brazil, representing 17.33% of the total volume and 8.69% of the total value of seafood imports, according to data from the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Despite the robust growth of Vietnam's shrimp exports with a presence in 107 markets worldwide, experts held that in order to maintain this momentum and effectively seize new market opportunities, the shrimp industry must proactively enhance production conditions and standardise processes from production to trade.

Chairman of the Danish Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee Michael Aastrup Jensen has praised Vietnam’s vessel monitoring system for fishing activities and the quality of its seafood products.