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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April 28, 2022

Nam Viet Joint Stock Company (Navico) will resume exporting pangasius to the United States again after years of delay ... 

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April 27, 2022

Vietnam increased its exports of shrimp in the first quarter on the back of greater sales to the U.S., E.U. and China, according to latest data from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) ... 

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April 26, 2022

Vietnam’s seafood exports were at an all-time high in the first quarter of 2022, primarily due to a surge in shrimp and pangasius prices.

Vietnam’s seafood exports hit USD 2.5 billion (EUR 2.3 billion) in the first three months of 2022 …

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April 25, 2022

China became the world's top buyer of pangasius from Vietnam in the first quarter of 2022, surpassing the United States …

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April 20, 2022

A steep rise in the price of fuel is keeping local fishermen from plying their craft, resulting in a lower supply of fish and higher seafood prices across India.

In Old Port, in India’s Karnataka state, prices have surged by between 20 and 30 percent as fish landings dropped. On average, 10 fishing vessels were landing at the port two weeks ago, down from around 50 in the same period last year, The Times of India reported As a result,

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April 19, 2022

Vietnam upped its sales of shrimp to its two primary markets, the United States and China, in the first two months of 2022 ... 

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April 18, 2022

The share price of Vinh Hoan, Vietnam’s leading pangasius exporter, has hit an all-time high ... 

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April 14, 2022

Vietnam’s pangasius companies have an opportunity to increase their exports to the U.K., after its move to add tariffs to most Russian seafood, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said ... 

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April 13, 2022

India’s seafood-export value reached an all-time high in its most-recent fiscal year, which ended 31 March, 2022 …

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April 12, 2022

Exporters from Russia are shipping more crab to South Korea after being locked out of other international markets.

Many of the world’s biggest markets for crab, including the U.S., the E.U., the U.K. have announced bans on Russian seafood imports in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Simultaneously, Chinese government has imposed lockdowns in Shanghai and several other cities to control a COVID-19 outbreak, a move expected to hinder

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