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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Singapore-based aquaculture company Singapore RAS is targeting to produce 1,000 metric tons (MT) of farmed salmon in Singapore by 2025 to serve demand in the city-state, the company said in a release.
According to the company the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) project will be expanded to 3,000 MT in later phases to meet Singapore’s “strategic 30/30 food sufficiency target.”
Singapore RAS has signed a “RAS
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Six Vietnamese pangasius companies are seeking permission to export to the United States. Currently 13 pangasius companies from Vietnam are permitted to export to the U.S., so the approval of six additional firms to the list of approved exporters would nearly double Vietnam’s total ...
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Vietnam’s pangasius exporter, I.D.I International Development & Investment Corporation, is predicting record profits this year thanks to low-priced inventory and high demand in global markets …
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Fuel prices hikes are impacting the Philippines’ “tuna capital” of General Santos City, with operators’ production costs surging ...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has upheld its decision to remove antidumping duties on pangasius products from a pangasius exporter from Vietnam, and impose a tax on others, in the final conclusion of its 17th period review from 1 August, 2019, to 31 July, 2020, the Federal Register announced on 21 March …
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Vinh Hoan recorded strong domestic sales and exports to the United States in February ...
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Bangalore, India-based e-commerce food start-up Licious has raised USD 150 million (EUR 135.7 million) in a Series F2 fundraising round to fuel its expansion ...
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China has stepped up efforts to inspect the packaging of imported seafood with a goal toward preventing the entrance of COVID-19 into the country, and in recent weeks, has returned several seafood shipments back to Vietnam.
As many as 52 seafood cargoes, sent by 36 Vietnamese companies, were rejected by Chinese authorities between 1 January and 11 March, 2022, with Chinese Customs saying it found traces of COVID-19 not only on the packages but
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Ca Mau, Vietnam-based Minh Phu Seafood, Vietnam’s top shrimp producer, has decided to raise the charter capital of its subsidiary Minh Phu Green Foods to increase its domestic sales, the company’s CEO, Le Van Quang, said on 14 March ...
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Insect protein producer Protenga has raised USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 million) in a venture debt facility. Them Singapore-based company plans to use the funds to develop a series of “next-generation” insect farms in Malaysia, which will supply insect-based ingredients for the aquaculture, animal feed, and petfood sectors ...
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