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Rising Freight Costs While Asian Demand Continues to Support Vietnam's Seafood Exports Vietnam's seafood industry maintained positive momentum as it entered Q3 2026. Although exporters continue to face increasing logistics costs and global market uncertainties, demand from Asia remains strong, while buyers in Europe and North America are placing greater emphasis on supply stability, sustainability and product traceability. According to VASEP, Vietnam's seafood exports continued to grow during the first half of 2026, driven mainly by shrimp and pangasius exports.

The global container shipping market entered June 2026 with clear signs of tightening capacity as freight rates increased sharply across major trade routes. According to data cited by VASEP from Drewry, the World Container Index (WCI) rose by 23% during the first week of June, marking the strongest increase since the beginning of the year.

​​​​​​​AT Seafood was pleased to attend THAIFEX – Anuga Asia 2026, one of Asia's largest and most influential food and beverage trade exhibitions, held in Bangkok, Thailand.

In 2026, Vietnam’s seafood industry is navigating two contrasting trends: marine capture fisheries face mounting pressure from rising fuel costs and stricter exploitation policies, while aquaculture continues to deliver stable growth thanks to strong export demand and favorable pricing. This divergence is expected to push domestic prices of wild-caught seafood higher, while farmed seafood remains the backbone of supply stability.

According to Vasep, let's take a look at 10 key highlights of Vietnam's seafood industry in 2025 And the highlight of early 2026 - U.S. investors have committed USD 15,2 million to Vietnam’s tilapia industry, signaling strong confidence in the country’s aquaculture sector and opening new opportunities for growth in global seafood markets

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Vietnam’s seafood industry closed Q3/2025 with solid momentum in shrimp and cephalopods, and a strategic shift in pangasius toward higher‑value products as exporters navigate trade policy uncertainty.

(vasep.com.vn) On March 16, 2025, the North American Seafood Expo opened in Boston, USA. The exhibition will take place for 3 days from March 16-18, 2025. This is the leading seafood exhibition in North America organized by Diversified - Media and Organizing Company of North American Seafood Expo and Global Seafood Expo - the 2 largest and most prestigious seafood exhibitions in the world.

VIETFISH – a large-scale seafood exhibition VIETFISH 2023 will officially take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center from August 23 to 25, 2023, with the theme: 'Quality Connected Destination.' The event marks a 24-year journey of the VIETFISH and is also the starting point for a new and energetic journey.

According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, the global seafood market is projected to experience considerable fluctuations in 2025

Many key seafood products dropped sharply Information from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in the first 5 months of 2023, the main export seafood products recorded a sharp decline. For example, pangasius export only earned 690 million USD, down 40.7%; shrimp reached 1.22 billion USD, down 34.4% over the same period in 2022.