Management Board of Concentrated Aquaculture Area (MBCAA) is a new comanagement model established in the intensive farming areas of Viet Nam. It has been successfully implemented in the southern province of Ben Tre and has great potential for expansion to other aquaculture areas in the country.
Vol 9, Issue 02(46) | Mar - Apr 2012 
It’s a sustainability jungle, was how Dr Nguyen Huu Dzung, VP of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), summed up the morass of aquaculture certification schemes currently being pushed by various NGOs.
IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, SNV and seven seafood companies launched the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Accelerator on Wednesday.
The Aquaculture Research Institute No.2 (RIA 2) has delivered 100,000 Pangasius broodstocks to Mekong Delta provinces, satisfying 60% of the region’s demand.
Changes to the Food Safety Modernization Act and requirements of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were introduced at a seminar on exports to the US, in Ha Noi on April 18.
How the Mekong Delta fully taps into its potential to become one of the country’s biggest economic hubs was hotly debated at an online conference on April 22.
The Ministry of Finance will aid domestic businesses with 20 per cent export credit insurance premiums based on staples such as agricultural products, fisheries, garments, footwear, electronics and woodwork.
According to Japan’s seafood import alerts, only one consignment of Viet Nam's shrimp exported to the country was found with Enrofloxacin residue in March.
According to Japan’s seafood import alerts, only one consignment of Vietnam shrimp exported to the country was found with Enrofloxacin residue in March.
Farmers in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are jettisoning Good Agricultural Practices since they are not getting adequate returns on the large investments they have to make to obtain GAP certification.