Vietfish

 

The Vietnam Association for Seafood Exporters and Producers (Vasep) has forecast that shrimp export turnover would approximate only US$3.2-3.5 billion this year, much lower than US$3.95 billion last year, despite a likely recovery due to anti-dumping tax cut from the U.S.

The 2014 Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (Vietfish 2014) will be held at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in Ho Chi Minh City on August 6-8.

Vietnam posted its January-July export revenue from aqua-products at US$3.1 billion, rising by 24.8 percent over the same period last year, according to VASEP -- the country's Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

Vietfish, Vietnam’s annual biggest fisheries exhibition, started in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday with more than 190 exhibitors, attracting many visitors in the opening day.

Vietfish, Vietnam’s annual biggest fisheries exhibition, will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on June 28-30 with the participation of more than 190 international and local exhibitors, organizer VASEP announced Thursday.

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has launched a program calling on Vietnamese aqua-product manufacturers to provide financial assistance to Vietnamese fishermen operating in the country’s East Sea, who are facing unsecured conditions in the Vietnamese waters.

The Vietnam Fisheries International Exhibition (VIETFISH) opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in HCM City on June 12.

Despite recent news that Vietnamese tra catfish will soon return to Russian plates, many tra fish breeders in the Mekong Delta are on the verge of bankruptcy, as exporters are paying nearly VND3,000 less than breeding costs.