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Up to 110 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of Vietnam attended a conference in Singapore on March 10 to seek trade and investment partnership.  The businesses’ participation benefited from an initiative jointly made by the Vietnam-Singapore Friendship Association, the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore and the Vietnamese Entrepreneurs’ Club under the Vietnamese Association of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) In 2016, Vietnam’s pangasius exports estimated to touch US$1.66 billion, rising 7% from the previous year and accounting for 24% of total seafood export turnover. In 2016, Vietnam’s pangasius was destined to 137 markets around the world, including the US (with the largest share of 23%), China (17%) and the EU (slipped to the 3rd rank with the share of 16%).

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) According to the Ca Mau Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province expected to raise certified organic shrimp farming area to 20,000 ha by 2020. Currently, the province has about 14,000 hectares of mixed shrimp-forest farming with participation of 2,500 households in the two districts of Ngoc Hien and Nam Can and shrimp products in these districts were internationally certified organic. This is also the opportunity to promote the brand name of Ca Mau’s shrimp on the world market.

Oxfam and the International Collaborating Centre for Aquaculture and Fisheries Sustainability (ICAFIS) on May 24 launched a project to support sustainable and equitable shrimp production and value chain development in the Mekong Delta region. The project worth E

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) Vietnam shrimp exports to EU in Jan 2016 continued the downward trend of 2015. Exports in the next months of Feb and Apr started to post the year-on-year growth. Vietnam shrimp sales to EU in Jan-Apr 2016 reached US$164.4 million, up 12.1% year on year. In the early 2016, orders from European importers rose thanks to lower inventories and stable demand.

(seafood.vasep.com.vn) As of the first half of May 2016, Vietnam pangasius exports to Brazil reached US$29.12 million, up 189% compared to the same period last year.