The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference in Hanoi on April 11 to popularise new contents in regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing prevention and combat prescribed in newly-issued legal documents.

VOV.VN - Brazil has not allowed the export of whole frozen shrimp and still applies additive and phosphate standards on Tra fish (pangasius) that are different from the Office International des Epizooties (OIE)’s standards, thereby causing difficulties for Vietnamese seafood exports.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese seafood exports to the United States during the opening two-month period of the year surged by 22.1% to US$188.5 million against the same period from last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - China became the second largest importer of Vietnamese seafood behind Japan in January, with shrimp and pangasius imports witnessing a four-fold rise compared to the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has set a target to produce some 500,000 tonnes of seaweed by 2030 as part of the nation’s seafood development strategy.With a view to spurring seaweed cultivation, the ministry will submit a proposal to the Prime Minister to develop seaweed as a major product in the seafood industry.

VOV.VN - January alone witnessed agro-forestry-aquatic products rake in US$5.14 billion from exports, marking an annual rise of 79.2%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - Despite Vietnamese seafood exports to Canada last year falling by 38.5% compared to 2022, the country remained the seventh largest seafood supplier to this potential market, according to the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese businesses should make greater efforts to tap the potential of seafood exports to Switzerland, a trade official said.

VOV.VN - Seaweed is an industry that continues to capture greater attention as the global trade market size is expected to expand at around 10.8% per year.

More challenges are expected for Vietnam’s aquaculture exports in 2024, according to Tran Dinh Luan, General Director of the Department of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.