Although marine aquaculture provides descent incomes for farmers, they need more support in both policy and capital to stablise the sector and improve local incomes for the long term.

Taking advantage of the potential and advantages of a local hydropower reservoir, many households in Quan Hoa district, in Thanh Hoa province have developed cage fish farming, earning hundreds of millions of VND annually. The efficiency of cage fish farming on the reservoir bed has opened up possibilities in economic development for local people.

Cage fishing has proven to be an effective model in many places around Vietnam. For farmers in Con Se village, Quang Loc commune, Ba Don town, in the central province of Quang Binh, the new model is helping them escape from poverty.