Vietnam’s has increased the area dedicated to shrimp farming in the Mekong Delta this year. Aligned with much more favorable weather, this greater focus on production led to a dramatic improvement in the region’s harvests for the first eight months.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the region’s whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) production consisted of a 63,600 hectare farming area for January through August 2017, representing…
