21 May, 2012 - The United States has lifted its ban on wild shrimp imports from Costa Rica; the ban was first imposed in 2009.
Experts have urged domestic enterprises to change the structure of products exported to the EU market to enjoy more benefits when the Viet Nam-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) goes into effect.
Ca Mau inter-sectoral inspection team has recently checked 229 fishing vessels and found all of them satisfied Food Safety requirements.
In the 2012 business plan, Vinh Hoan Corporation (VHC) targets to gain VND3.5 trillion from seafood processing, VND1.5 trillion from animal feed manufacture and VND95 billion from the Rice Processing Factory 2.
18 May, 2012 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday formally warned distributors, retailers and foodservice operators that mollusks from Korea may be contaminated with norovirus due to inadequate sanitation controls.
Vietnam ’s fisheries sector will increase its fish farms to 1.2 million hectares, producing as much as 4.5 million tonnes a year and reaching an annual average growth rate of 5.2 percent by 2020.
Viet Nam would focus on off-shore fishing activities till 2020 to ensure the sustainable development of the sea ecosystem and fisheries resources, said Nguyen Qui Duong, deputy director of Centre of Fisheries Planning and Development on May 18.
Hung Vuong reports 'outstanding' quarterly result amid background of struggling industry.
The inspection team of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will scrutinize the seafood production chain in Viet Nam from May 21- June 1, 2012.
The figure showed a 51.7% increase over last year.