The Ornamental Fish Festival 2018 kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on September 20 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Ornamental Fish Festival 2018 kicked off in Ho Ch𒁃iMinh City on September 20.
Thefive-day event, held by the municipal Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment and the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of HCM City, aims toseek new markets for the city’s ornamental fish sector. As manyas 200 fish ponds were set up at the event, introducing various ornamental fishspecies with high economic value, including neon ornamental fish, koi fish and mollusc,among others. The festival also offered chances for ornamental fish businesses tomeet, update on advanced technologies and seek partners. Experiences in fish breeding and safe production models in new-stylerural communes were shared at the event, in addition to an area providingcounseling on ornamental fish markets for businesses and visitors. HCM Cityis striving to produce 180 million ornamental fish and export about 21 millionfish this year, raking in 23 million USD. The city’s ornamental fish is exported to 43 countries and territoriesaround the world, with the EU market accounting for 54 percent. According to the fisheries branch of the municipal Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development, in the first nine months of 2018, the cityshipped abroad 137 million ornamental fish, up 19.13 percent year on year.-VNA
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The Ornamental Fish Festival 2018 kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on September 20 (Photo: VNA) 
