VOV.VN - China imported nearly US$1.4 billion worth of Vietnamese seafood in the first half of 2026, up about 40% from a year earlier, surpassing the US to become the top export market for Vietnamese seafood.

VOV.VN - More than five years after the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) took effect, Vietnamese seafood is steadily expanding its market share in the United Kingdom, one of Europe’s major seafood import markets with stable and diverse consumer demand.

The Vietnam International Sourcing Expo 2026 is scheduled to take place from September 3 to 5 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, offering Vietnamese seafood enterprises a new platform to engage directly with major global distributors and importers.

In preparation for the fifth inspection by the European Commission (EC), An Giang is stepping up efforts to address shortcomings in combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, thereby contributing to nationwide attempts to have the EC’s “yellow card” warning on Vietnamese seafood exports lifted.

As a delegation from the European Commission (EC) is set to visit Vietnam to assess efforts against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, HCM City is accelerating efforts to complete fleet management and compile dossiers and data in a bid to help remove the EC’s “yellow card” on Vietnamese seafood exports.

With strong determination to have the European Commission’s “yellow card” against Vietnamese seafood lifted, Quang Ninh province has rolled out resolute measures to strengthen fisheries management, strictly control vessel monitoring systems (VMS), and stringently deal with violations in seafood exploitation.

Gia Lai province has intensified efforts to combat IUU fishing by deploying a smart warning system and implementing a series of stringent, coordinated measures to tighten management of its fishing fleet, in line with the Government’s directives to have the European Commission’s “yellow card” against Vietnamese seafood.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s seafood exports hit more than US$11.3 billion, marking a 13% increase from 2024, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Over the past two years, Vietnamese seafood has increasingly met demand in Singapore, with import values rising steadily.

Local authorities and relevant forces in the central city of Da Nang are stepping up efforts to tighten the management of fishing vessels as part of the locality’s push to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and have the European Commission’s yellow card against Vietnamese seafood exports removed.