Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung met with Josep Borrell Fontelles, Vice President of the European Commission (EC) and High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in Hanoi on July 30 afternoon.

VOV.VN - President To Lam has called on the EU to expedite its remaining member countries’ ratification of the EU - Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and soon remove the “yellow card” warning against Vietnam’s seafood exports.

Three out of the five Vietnamese businesses, which have formed limited liability companies in Indonesia, have been verified and received certificates of lobster cultivation from the Directorate General of Aquaculture, according to Indonesia’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam raked in over US$4.4 billion from seafood exports during the first half of the year, up nearly 7% year on year, with exports to the EU market soaring by 12% to hit US$513 million, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam has taken measures to have the European Commission’s “yellow card” removed for Vietnamese seafood products regarding illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, Veeramalla Anjaiah, a senior research fellow at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and senior journalist based in Jakarta, has said.

Vietnam and Singapore have potential and advantages to promote fisheries cooperation, industry insiders said at a conference connecting fishery businesses of Vietnam and Singapore in Ho Chi Minh City on June 25.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese sweet and sour soup, known locally as canh chua cá, has been ranked in second position in a list of the Top 84 Southeast Asian (SEA) seafood dishes, as compiled by international food website TasteAtlas.

The demand for aquatic products is expected to pick up from the third quarter of 2024, with many associated challenges requiring advertisements and the diversification of business products and markets, insiders have said at a conference held by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese aquatic products are expected to gain a larger market share in the United States if Vietnam is recognised as a market economy by the US, according to experts.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has become the fifth largest supplier of aquatic products to Singapore for the first time among the top 15 seafood exporters to this market, according to information given by the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.