Toan Dao

Contributing Editor reporting from Hanoi, Vietnam

Toan Dao has written about Vietnam’s business community, with a focus on energy and agriculture, for a number of Vietnamese and international outlets for more than 10 years. As a contributing editor for SeafoodSource in Southeast Asia, he also covers other major seafood producers in the region including Indonesia and Thailand.


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May 30, 2022

The value of pangasius exports from Vietnam grew to its highest level thus far in 2022 in April, as sales to key markets continued to increase …

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May 27, 2022

Bangladesh has decided to expand a program to test whether it is feasible to grow vannamei in the country, after a successful trial last year. I

n April 2022, Bangladesh’s Fisheries Department granted permission to four more companies in the country’s Chattogram region to cultivate vannamei on a trial basis …

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May 25, 2022

Vietnam boosted the value of its shrimp exports to a five-year high in the first four months of 2022 …

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May 25, 2022

Russia has granted permission for two pangasius exporters from Vietnam to enter the markets of an economic bloc led by Russia ... 

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May 19, 2022

Thai Union has invested CAD 10 million (USD 7.8 million, EUR 7.4 million) in Canadian microalgae producer Mara Renewables Corporation.

Thai Union’s investment is part of Mara Renewables’ latest funding round, which brought in CAD 39.5 million (USD 30.8 million, EUR 29.3 million) for the company to use to “accelerate the expansion of Mara’s proven portfolio of micro-algal products and unique innovation," it said.

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May 19, 2022

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has given approval for another six companies from Vietnam to export their pangasius products to the United States ... 

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May 19, 2022

Thai Union European subsidiary Européenne De La Mer has sold the assets of a smoked salmon factory in Dąbrowa Chełmińska, Poland.

Européenne De La Mer supplies salmon and smoked fish products for European market. The buyer of the assets is Polish firm Dobry Pracownik, Thai Union said on 18 May. Under the deal finalized on 13 May, Dobry Pracownik will buy the physical assets of the facility, including land, buildings, and

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May 19, 2022

Bangkok, Thailand-based food giant CP Foods has reported a growth in its total sales over the first three months of 2022, with revenue from its aquaculture operations rising significantly ... 

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May 13, 2022

Entobel has secured USD 30 million (EUR 28.8 million) in investment in its latest funding round and has formed a new partnership with Adisseo ... 

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May 10, 2022

Pangasius prices are at their highest-ever levels, with U.S. importers paying an average of USD 4.50 (EUR 4.30) per kilogram for Vietnamese pangasius in the first quarter of 2022 ... 

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