Hanoi (VNA) –Total tilapia fish farming ar🤡ea nationwid🅰e is set to span 33,000 hectares with the volume of breeding cages reaching 1,500,000 cubic metres by 2020.
By 2030, the figures are expected to stand at 40,000 hectares and 1,800,000 cubic metres, according to a plan recently approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Under the plan, tilapia will be reared in areas in the northern midland and mountainous region, the Red River Delta, the north and south central regions, the Central Highlands, and the west and east southern regions.
Vietnam currently boasts 600 aquatic product processing facilities with total yearly capacity of 2.8 million tonnes.
Vietnam is eyeing 60 countries and territories for export with an estimated volume in excess of 32 million USD, including major markets of the US, Spain and Colombia.
Tilapias for export are processed into skin-on fillets, skinless fillets and frozen whole fish.-VNA
Vietnam attaches importance to boosting seafood exports to the European market – a promising market with a huge tra fish consumption demand, an industry organisation official has said.
The Mekong delta region’s aquatic exports are forecast to rꦕeach around 6.5 billion USD in 2012, according to t he Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) estimated that seafood exports would reach about 7 billion in 2014, 4.5 percent more than last year, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Vietnam Economic News.
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Thailand's largest retailer, Central Retail Corporation (CRC), will invest over 45 billion THB (1.38 billion USD) through 2027 to expand mainstream markets and accelerate growth across Southeast Asia, including Thailand and Vietnam.
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Organised by the Vietnamese Embassy and Trade Office, Vietnam's national booth showcases catalogues and product samples from over 30 Vietnamese companies, spanning key sectors such as agriculture, seafood, food and beverages, footwear, textiles, furniture, plastics, construction materials, and industrial machinery.
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It featured four discussions on key issues such as the Vietnam- Switzerland comprehensive partnership, Vietnam’s international financial centre, digital transformation and innovation, and global human resources and expansion of markets.
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