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.

VOV.VN - Several industries such as garments and textiles and seafood have all recorded impressive export growth over recent times, despite conflicts in various regions globally remaining complicated.

VOV.VN - A networking conference was held in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau on April 24 with a view to connecting 54 local enterprises, primarily operating in the seafood sector, with their Chinese peers.

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.