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Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

DIRECTORATE OF FISHERIES

Additional Vietnamese enterprises licensed to export seafood products to China22-03-2023

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) announced on February 2, 2023, that 23 Vietnamese seafood enterprises had been informed by the system of instructions to register the export of plant-based food to China (CIFER). Under the General Administration of Customs of China, this market has been officially approved, and declared eligible for export.

Requesting That Localities Complete the Database On Fishing Vessels as Soon as Possible01-12-2022

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development held a conference on September 29 to discuss solutions to overcome shortcomings and limitations in combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Delegates focused on reviewing and highlighting existing issues that must be addressed immediately in the fight against IUU fishing.

Promoting trade and investment in the Middle East market20-04-2022

From February 15 - 19, 2022, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam led a delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) to attend a series of trade and investment promotion activities in the agricultural sector in the UAE.

Classification of Goods and Analysis to Check the Quality and Safety of Food for Imported and Exported Goods22-11-2021

On February 22, 2021, the Minister of Finance issued Circular No. 17/2021 / TT-BTC amending and supplementing a number of articles in Circular No. 14/2015 / TT-BTC dated January 30, 2015. The Minister of Finance guides the classification of goods and analysis for food safety inspection for exported and imported goods.

Food Safety Control at the Farming, Harvesting Stage of Siluriformes fish and its products which exported to the United States market28-07-2020

In accordance with the new provisions of the Fisheries Law 2017, Decree 26/2019 / ND-CP dated March 8, 2019 of the Government, the MARD has issued Decision No. 1802/QD- BNN-QLCL dated 22/5/2020 about the "Food Safety Control Program for Siluriformes fish and its products which exported to the United States market”.

Agriculture Sector Will Control Food Safety to Expand Export Markets in 202027-03-2020

In 2020, in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of quality control, food safety, minimizing biological pollution, impurities and pesticide residues to meet the requirements of ensuring food safety for domestic consumption and export market expansion. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has issued an action plan to ensure food safety in the agriculture sector in 2020.

Food Safety Control System for Vietnamese Catfish is Equivalent to The United State09-12-2019

After more than three years of efforts to negotiate and improve the system of legislative documents, on October 31st, the US Department of Agriculture officially announced the decision to recognize the equivalent of a food safety control system for Vietnam's catfish exports to the United States. This is the premise for firmly developing catfish trade in the coming time.

Seafood export in 2019: Being confident with the target of US $ 10 billion turnover21-08-2019

Favorable economic growth, the fisheries sector is confident to reach its target in 2019 with export turnover of US $ 10 billion and total output of 7.9 million tons.

Go Cong coastal area promotes the potential of aquaculture for export17-06-2019

Currently, Go Cong Dong and Tan Phu Dong coastal districts (Tien Giang) are actively promoting the potential of coastal and estuarine aquaculture downstream of Tien River to create value for processing and exporting seafood; helping farmers increase their income, stabilize their lives.

Vietnam will have to compete more with India in seafood exports25-04-2019

The Agro Processing and Market Development Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said, in the near future, Vietnam will have to compete more with India when exporting seafood (especially for black tiger shrimp) to Japan - a traditional market.

Vietnam shrimp exports to Japan are expected to increase in 201926-02-2019

Japan is the second largest importer of shrimp in the world, accounting for about 14% of the total value of shrimp imports of the world in recent years. On average, Japan imports about US$ 2.5 billion of shrimp every year. In 2018, importing shrimp into Japan reached US$ 2.35 billion, down 7.1% compared to 2017. Among the top 6 main shrimp suppliers for Japan, shrimp imports from Thailand and Indonesia increased slightly while importing from Vietnam, India, Argentina, China decreased compared to 2017.

Seafood export in 2019: Take advantage of breakthrough opportunities28-01-2019

In 2019, along with the increasing demand of the market, the effect of many new Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) is seen as a driving force for Vietnam' seafood export industry in the international market.

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