Hanoi plans to develop fisheries into an important economic sector with large scale, high value and good brand, meeting local demand for freshwater aquatic products and export standards.

The northern province of Quang Ninh, with its advantages in a long coastline and a large number of islands, is focusing on expanding industrial aquatic farming at sea with an aim to become the largest fisheries hub in the northern region.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu is building a high-tech shrimp farming area with the aim of becoming a centre of the country’s shrimp industry.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An targets at least 60,000 tonnes of aquaculture production this year, about 2,000 tonnes higher than in 2020.

The districts of Go Cong Dong and Tan Phu Dong, which form key saline and brackish water aquaculture areas in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, are targeting to have more than 10,500 ha of water surface area serving aquatic farming, mostly shrimp, this year.

The total aquatic catching and production of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang fetched 836,175 tones in 2020, surpassing the yearly target by 10.75 percent, according to a local official.

The Vietnamese fishery sector needs a sustainable development strategy to stand firm in the world market for the long-run, experts have said.

Hanoi has established 56 areas for large-scale aquaculture production in eight rural districts, according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

An exhibition on technologies of the shrimp sector in Vietnam is scheduled for the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu with a view of turning the locality into a national shrimp industry centre.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An plans to increase its aquatic farming area by 200 hectares to approximately 9,200 hectares and expects to produce 52,550 tonnes of aquatic products this year.

If 3 percent of 26.9 million Vietnamese farming households engage in aquaponics model, they will together make it a potential market valued at more than 403 million AUD.

A conference was held in Can Tho City on September 12 to boost ties among enterprises operating in environment treatment in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region and Hiroshima prefecture of Japan.

The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has seen recovery and development of the fishery sector after more than one year of the maritime environment incident.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is collecting opinions for a draft decree on policies encouraging investment in agriculture and rural areas.

A strategy on environmental protection until 2020, with a vision through 2030, has just been launched.

The application of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) has been introduced to small-scaled farmers in northern Nam Dinh province.