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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Officials in Quang Ninh Province in northern Vietnam have announced the province is temporarily banning vehicles carrying frozen seafood, fresh fruits, and other goods to its border area with China. The suspension took effect Monday, 17 January, and will last through the end of China’s Lunar New Year holiday, which runs from 31 January through 6 February, 2022.
Quang Ninh has not been able to handle the quagmire of thousands of container
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Vietnam’s top-producing shrimp company, Minh Phu Seafood, saw its export value of shrimp products rise in 2021 as sales to US, Australia, and the E.U. surged ...
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Vinh Hoan, Vietnam’s leading pangasius exporter, boosted its export value in December 2021 on the back of higher sales to all its major markets …
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India may not be able to fulfill a target of exporting seafood worth USD 7.8 billion (EUR 6.9 billion) in 2021-2022 fiscal year due to trading hurdles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Hindu BusinessLine reported 10 January …
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Singapore-based aquaculture service provider Blue Aqua International has announced its intention to build a land-based trout farm, which the company said will be the first of its kind in the Southeast Asian nation …
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Blueyou and Fair Trade USA have announced the first Fair Trade-certified aquaculture project in Indonesia, involving a group of small-scale shrimp farmers and a local processing facility.
Blueyou is a trading and service company doing business in sustainable seafood in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. It works as an exclusive market access partner for the distribution of Fair Trade-certified shrimp products.
According to Blueyou, a seafood
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Soc Trang, Vietnam-based shrimp exporter Fimex (Sao Ta) saw its production and sales value rise in 2021, despite the turbulence caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Fimex said in an update.
The company produced 22,790 metric tons (MT) of processed shrimp last year, an increase of 12 percent year-on-year. It sold 18,370 MT of processed shrimp, up 7 percent from 2020.
Fimex’s export value over January-December last year also grew
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Vietnam earned higher value from its shrimp exports in November thanks to the growth in sales to major markets, including the European Union, the United States, and South Korea …
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Thai Union Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (“TUM”), has decided to establish a new joint venture with JWD InfoLogistics Public Company Limited’s subsidiary Pacific Cold Storage Co., Ltd(“PCS”) with the aim of building a cold-storage facility, Thai Union said on 5 January …
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Vietnam is planning to gain USD 8.9 billion (EUR 7.86 billion) from seafood exports in 2022, unchanged from the estimated value in 2021, the General Department said on 23 December …
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