Shares advance but bank stocks pressure indices Việt Nam's benchmark VN-Index gained slightly on Friday, supported by the rise of heavyweight stocks, but the VN-Index failed to conquer 1,450 points as some other blue-chips in the banking group dropped pressuring the indices.

COVID-19 impact starts reflecting in seafood companies' results from August: VDSC

A recent report from Việt Dragon Securities Corporation (VDSC) said that the social distancing order in Việt Nam will negatively affect the supply of processed seafood in the last six months of the year due to reduced operating capacity at factories.

Seafood industry urges COVID vaccination soon for its workers as exporters struggle

The Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers has written to the Government seeking priority COVID-19 vaccination for workers in the fisheries industry so that it can sustain production and export.

Bình Thuận fishing industry thrives amid pandemic The seafood industry in Bình Thuận Province, one of the four largest fishing grounds in Việt Nam, has achieved many positive achievements amid the pandemic.

Việt Nam determined to remove EC’s yellow card fishing warning by 2022

Việt Nam is determined to gradually reduce the number of fishing vessels violating regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in order to have the ‘yellow card’ issued by the European Commission (EC) removed by 2022 Deputy Prime Minister, Lê Văn Thành, said Tuesday. 

Fishery exports expected to hit US$8.5 billion this year

Việt Nam’s fishery exports are on the way to fulfil the target of US$8.5 billion in value in 2021, after hitting more than $4 billion in the first half of this year, on the recovery of consumption demand in major markets such as the US and the EU, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Hundreds of Vietnamese seafood firms permited to export to Taiwan The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has announced a list of 697 Vietnamese seafood enterprises permitted to export their products to Taiwan, reported the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Processors and Exporters (VASEP).

Fishery exporters take pandemic in their stride Việt Nam’s seafood exports this year are expected to be worth US$9.4 billion in all, an increase of 10 per cent from 2020.

Seafood industry expects to remain on growth path in 2021 Despite facing difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic, seafood exports last year were estimated at US$8.58 billion, the same as in 2019.

Fishery industry will increase value of seafood products In 2021, the fishery sector aims to maintain a stable fishery production and business, including a reduction in fishing volume, an increase of farming output, and implementation of solutions increasing the value of seafood products. Director general of the Directorate of Fisheries Trần Đình Luân spoke to local media about this issue.