VOV.VN - The Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) co-organized a seminar “Norway-Vietnam: Cooperation opportunities in aquaculture and seafood” in Hanoi on February 28.

A feast featuring delectable dishes created from Alaskan seafood has tickled the taste buds of more than 100 guests at an event held in Hanoi on February 27 night.

VOV.VN - After "falling down" in January, seafood exports were able to recover in the first half of February, reaching US$286.94 million, up 42% compared to the same period from 2022, according to the data detailed by the General Department of Customs.

VOV.VN - ASEAN has become Vietnam’s fourth largest seafood export market amid local seafood exports to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Brunei recording a sharp annual increase in January, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) reported that tra (pangasius) exports brought in only US$83.6 million in January, down 44% month on month and down 61% from a year earlier.

VOV.VN - Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man on February 13 called for France’s support aimed at stepping up cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union (EU).

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.

The southern coastal province of Kien Giang province is focusing on combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 180 days, from December 2022 to May 2023, to contribute to the country’s efforts to have the European Commission (EC)’s ‘yellow card’ warning on Vietnamese seafood removed.

VOV.VN - Vietnam remained the third largest seafood supplier to the Republic of Korea (RoK) last year with the country’s seafood market share as part of the RoK’s total imports reaching 10.2%, according to statistics released by the Korea Customs Service.

Despite a downturn in the export of aquatic products in the first month of 2023, local exporters remain optimistic that the market will recover from the second quarter of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).