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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Prices of seafood products in Malaysia are likely to increase in the coming months due to a shortage of workers in the local fishing industry ...
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Bangkok, Thailand-based food giant Charoen Pokphand Foods’ (CP Foods) Vietnam unit, C.P. Vietnam, has raised its stake in shrimp producer Fimex to 25 percent …
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Vietnam’s squid and octopus exports have recovered but producers there are still facing material shortages ...
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Authorities in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta – home to most of the country’s commercial aquaculture operations – have taken legal proceedings against a number of seafood businesses due to their alleged violations of regulations instituted to limit a national COVID-19 outbreak over the summer.
On 1 December, local police arrested Pham Huyen Trang, 41, and Luu Thanh Hung, 48, owners of a private seafood production facility in Long
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Vietnam’s shrimp sales recovered in October, but the nation’s processors are still facing disruptions from the country’s worst-ever COVID-19 outbreak ...
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An Giang, Vietnam-based pangasius firm Nam Viet Joint Stock Company – or Navico – and its South Korean partner, Amicogen, have begun work on a new collagen and gelatin factory in the Mekong Delta.
Construction on the plant, which is slated to produce collagen and gelatin from pangasius skin, had been put on hold from its initial planned groundbreaking date …
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Shrimp prices in Thailand surged in November as a result of lower supply, according to Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood trader Siam Canadian Group ...
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Vietnam increased its exports of tuna products in October, following consecutive declines in August and September, due to the easing of coronavirus-related lockdowns in the country ...
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The Philippines’ decision to import an additional 60,000 metric tons (MT) of fish has failed to help bring down domestic prices.
The Philippines Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in early October the country planned to increase its imports of round scad and mackerel from China and Vietnam, in advance of an annual fishing ban in the country, The Philippine Star reported 28 November.
From 1 November, 2021, to 31 January, 2022, all
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Vietnam’s pangasius exports decreased in October on lower sales to major markets, including China and countries belonging to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) ...
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