Although the last months of the year had seen a substantial drop in export orders, the textile and garment industry, as well as the seafood industry, still ended the year with positive results.
Recently, seafood exports in the Mekong Delta have seen many bright spots and impressive growth. Despite a deceleration lately, export enterprises have affirmed that they would strive to overcome difficulties, achieving a seafood export turnover of US$11 billion in 2022 - a record milestone for Vietnam's seafood industry.
Vietnam has been making all-out efforts to handle the EC’s recommendations in the best possible manner to develop a sustainable, responsible, and well-controlled seafood industry.
The People’s Committee of Soc Trang Province has just cooperated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, related units to organize a conference themed ‘Resolving Difficulties for the Seafood Industry to Rise to the Top of the World’.
During the fourth quarter of every year most of the export companies in Vietnam find the need to step up pace in order to meet the increased demand in orders from major import markets such as the US and the European Union.
The seafood industry has set a target of US$9 billion export turnover in 2018, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam at a conference in Hanoi yesterday.