Lack of capital and raw materials are challenges that domestic exporters of tra fish face in hitting the target of US$2 billion in export value for this year.
According to Vietbiz24, share of Hung Vuong Corp. (HVG), the third-largest listed seafood producer and exporter, jumped 4.9 percent to 34,400 dong.
Almost 100 enterprises from Chiapas State in southern Mexico have affirmed their wish to establish trade relations with Vietnamese partners, especially in coffee production and processing, aquaculture and tropical fruit exports.
Belize Aquaculture Ltd. (BAL) may come back to life. The revolutionary and pioneering shrimp company, founded by Sir Barry Bowen, closed its doors in 2010 following Bowen's untimely death in a plane crash, and failure of a deal to sell the company to some private equity investors.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) is working with the Ministry of Agriculture and the central bank on giving financial support worth VND2 trillion to the troubled tra fish trading companies.
Vol 9, Issue 02(46) | Mar - Apr 2012 Until early this year, the US was still regarded as one of Vietnam’s major export markets which accounted for 19-20 percent of the country’s total export turnover.
Vietnam mainly exports aquatic products and seafood, coffee, cashew nuts, vegetables and consumer goods to Macau , while importing equipment and plastics from the locality.
Being export driven, the seafood industry of Viet Nam have to face not only natural disasters, disease outbreak, pollutions but also risks associated with the export, either in terms of contract, cargo, credit... These risks can be curbed substantially by insurance.
Vol 9, Issue 01(45) | Jan - Feb 2012 
Condao Seaproducts and Import Export Joint Stock Company (Coimex) has been asked to become a surimi supplier for China's largest meat processor Shuanghui Group.
The future development of Viet Nam Pangasius indust will be threatened if we disregard the research and development (R&D) investments.
Vol 9, Issue 01(45) | Jan - Feb 2012