Shrimp exports

The tariffs of most raw shrimp, including fresh, frozen and chilled products exported from Viet Nam into the EU would be gradually reduced from the basic rate of 12-20 per cent to zero after the agreement comes into effect in August this year. Meanwhile, import tariffs of processed shrimp will fall to zero after seven years. … [Read more...] about Viet Nam shrimp exports to surge as demand increases

Vo Van Phuc, director of the Viet Nam Clean Fishery JSC, one of the biggest exporters in the province, said shrimp exports would increase by 50 per cent in July from the same period last year thanks to Viet Nam controlling the disease outbreak. … [Read more...] about Soc Trang exports jump 26% despite pandemic

Ba Ria-Vung Tau (VNA) - More farmers in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau are seeing much higher profits by using advanced farming techniques to breed shrimp. Under high-tech farming models which use super-intensive farming, the beds of shrimp breeding ponds are covered with plastic sheets and anti-sunlight nets are hung above. The models are also equipped with oxygen-generating facilities. Besides shrimp breeding ponds, other ponds filter water which is released into shrimp breeding ponds or used for treatment of waste water. High-tech shrimp farming has a success rate of 90 percent and offers far higher profit than traditional shrimp breeding in mud ponds, according to farmers. Bui The Vuong began using advanced farming techniques to breed shrimp on a 7ha farming area in Long Dien district’s An Ngai commune last year. In the 7ha area, he uses 1.5ha for shrimp breeding ponds and the rest for ponds to filter water and to treat waste water. High-tech shrimp farming … [Read more...] about Farmers in Ba Ria-Vung Tau earn high profits thanks to high-tech shrimp breeding

Vietnamese labourers who have been working in Malaysia have been told they can return to work, but not until the end of August. And moves are being made to allow workers to return to both South Korea and Taiwan in the near future. The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has said the Malaysian Government officially announced to end the valid restricted movement order. In a recent meeting, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assigned the ministry make arrangements to send labourers to countries which are safe and in need of workers. Nguyen Gia Liem, the department’s deputy director, said the three markets received more than 90 per cent of the total of Vietnamese labourers in foreign countries. Employers in South Korea and Taiwan wanted Vietnamese labourers to come back to resume their production as soon as possible. The Human Resource Development Services of Korea last month organised the Korean language proficiency … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s labour export market expected to recover soon

Under high-tech farming models which use super-intensive farming, the beds of shrimp breeding ponds are covered with plastic sheets and anti-sunlight nets are hung above. The models are also equipped with oxygen-generating facilities. … [Read more...] about High-tech shrimp breeding yields high profits