VOV.VN - Vietnam Fisheries Trade Union (VFTU) on May 29 held a communication event aiming to raise awareness of union members on national sovereignty over seas and islands as well as on the prevention and combat of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - Agro-forestry and fishery exports earned a total of US$20.26 billion during the past five months of the year, of which rice represented a bright spot in the nation’s overall export turnover.

Fishery products shipped overseas earned US$2.63 billion for Vietnam between January and April, down 27.7% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - The fourth version of VietShrimp Aquaculture International Fair (VietShrimp 2023), officially kicked off on April 12 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, drawing 150 domestic and foreign seafood businesses.

VOV.VN - Ships 8004 and 8003 of the Vietnam Coast Guard left Dinh Vu port in Hai Phong city on the afternoon of April 9 to take part in a joint patrol with the China Coast Guard in the waters adjacent to the Gulf of Tonkin demarcation line.

Fisheries export value was estimated at US$1.85 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, a fall of 27% compared to the same period last year due to lower consumption and import demand under the impacts of inflation and economic recession, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The Mong Cai international border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh is becoming a customs clearance gateway for agro-fisheries products between Vietnam and China.

VOV.VN - China surpassed the United States to become the largest consumer of Vietnamese agricultural products, spending US$1.27 billion on imports, in the first two months of the year.

Vietnam expects to rake in between 800,000 to US$1 billion worth of seaculture product exports by 2025, according to a development project of the sector towards 2030 with a vision to 2045.

Vietnam’s export of agro-forestry-aquatic products reeled in over US$3.7 billion in January, down 23% against the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development.