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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Vietnam’s exports of its key seafood products all rose in February 2022. The country shipped seafood worth USD 637.9 million (EUR 580.8 million) in February, up 62.9 percent year-on-year ...
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Vietnam’s leading shrimp exporter, Minh Phu Seafood, has suspended exports of shrimp to Russia, Minh Phu CEO Le Van Quang told SeafoodSource on 8 March.
International sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine have complicated commerce with Russia …
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Thai Union has inked another short-term blue finance loan agreement to allow it to further implement its sustainability commitments ...
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Singapore-based food tech company Umami Meats has secured USD 2.4 million (EUR 2.2 million) from its pre-seed funding round to expand its cultivated seafood offerings ...
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Vietnam has suspended exports of pangasius and tuna to Russia due to the impacts of the war that Russia has launched in Ukraine, according to Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
International sanctions imposed on Russia following to its invasion of Ukraine have complicated commerce between the two countries. Several Russian banks were banned from using Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
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Strong sales to the United States boosted Vietnam’s earnings from its tuna exports in January 2022, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers ...
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Vietnam’s leading pangasius exporter, Vinh Hoan, and its top shrimp-export company, Minh Phu, both saw sales increase in the first month of 2022, despite declines in exports to China …
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India’s seafood-export value is likely to hit an all-time high in its current fiscal year, which ends 31 March, 2022.
The growth mainly comes from sales of shrimp, India’s top seafood export, and from strong demand from the United States and China, the Financial Express reported 23 February.
India’s seafood exports between April 2021 and January 2022 reached a value of USD 6.7 billion (EUR 5.9 billion), despite a slight dip in
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Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood giant Thai Union saw its sales value and net profit both break records in Q4 2021, despite continued losses from its Red Lobster affiliate, according to its Q4 results report, released 23 February.
The company’s sales value between October and December 2021 surged 15.1 year-on-year to THB 38.5 billion (USD 1.2 billion, EUR 1 billion), the highest quarterly growth in its history. The
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Shrimp producers in Thailand have had to rely more on material imports due to continuing issues with diseases affecting the country's domestic farming efforts. …
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